Victory Show
Foxlands Farm, Cosby
August 31, 2024
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| Foxlands Farm with its long grass airstrip was an interesting venue for this modest air show. World War Two reenactors were featured to a greater extent than the aircraft with their many impressive sets. My involvement once again was to arrive after the day's activities had ended and attend a night shoot organised by Threshold. |
| Left to right: Curtis Hawk 75A-1 (No.82 'X8-81') of The Fighter Collection (TFC), it is the only flyable ex L'Armée de l'Air Hawk in existence. |
| Left to right: Spitfire MK Vc (EE602 'DV-V' registered G-IBSY) and Hawker Hurricane I (P2902 'DX-R' registered G-ROBT) with some re-enactors. |
| Douglas C-47A-75-DL (42-100882 '3-XP' registered N473DC) named 'Drag-em-oot'. |
Left to right: Douglas C-47A-75-DL (42-100882 '3-XP' registered N473DC) named 'Drag-em-oot'.
Piper L-4J Cub (44-54467 'J-44' registered G-BILI).
Supermarine Spitfire T.9 (ML407 'OU-V' registered G-LFIX) it was converted in 1950 to the two seat configuration for the Irish Air Corps as an advanced trainer. |
| Left to right: North American P-51D Mustang (44-15152 'QI-T' registered G-JERK) ex Royal Australian Air Force. Painted as 'Jersey Jerk' of USAAF 356th Fighter Group, 361st Fighter Squadron based at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk in 1944. |
| Left to right: Curtiss Hawk P-36C (38-0210 'PA-50' registered G-CIXJ) with the The Fighter Collection. This is last Curtiss P-36C constructed, built in 1939 it was delivered to Selfridge Field, Michigan in May 1939. |
| Left to right: Hawker Hurricane I (P2902 'DX-R' registered G-ROBT). |
Left to right: Spitfire MK Vc (EE602 'DV-V' registered G-IBSY). Constructed as a Mk Vc, it featured the universal "C" wing, allowing a combination of machine guns and 20 mm cannon armament, and is powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin 46 engine.
The aircraft served with 66 Squadron, 129 (Mysore) Squadron, and later No. 453 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force. During its service, it flew more than 100 operational missions, including escort duties for the famous B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle.
After many years, EE602 underwent a full restoration between 2012 and 2015, returning to the air in May 2015. Now operated by Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd, it flies in its original wartime markings as DV-V of 129 Squadron, often referred to by its nickname "Central Railways Uruguayan Staff." |
