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Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« on: April 21, 2018, 11:12:09 PM »
Hello :-salut

Hawker Tempest V, EJ589, coded SD°J, was flown by Régis Deleuze, a French pilot fighting against buzz bombs when belonging to RAF 501 Squadron.
This pilot was never registered in the Free French Air Forces for the unique reason he was "too much young" when he tried to join FAFL (Forces aérienne françaises libres) on 23 June 1940 (He was born on 1 July 1922). So he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserves ans after his training, he was graduated Flight Lieutenant and joined the RAF 501 Sqn on 4 June 1943 where he flew Spitfire VBs in company of at least four other French pilots (from FAFL). When 501 Sqn was equipped with Tempest Vs its new rôle was to fight the V1 flying bombs. Between 7 August and 18 December 1944, Régis Deleuze won the distinction of shooting down eight "Malignant Robots" seven of which by night including two in the night of 14-15 October 1944 ! On 22 February 1945, Deleuze joined 274 Squadron based on continental Europe at B80 Volkel in Holland. The glorious career of Régis Deleuze sadly ended on 25 February 1945 when he was KIA, beeing shot down by Flak over Werkhoven, near Bunnik in the Netherlands. Although he was never an "FAFL" I think his place is among them... Since the end of the war he rests in Brussels.
His plane at RAF 501 Squadron :








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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2018, 02:44:15 AM »
A very nice Tempest! I built one from 501 Squadron in 1/48 a while back, but coded "R"

I certainly am enjoying your new posts!!

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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2018, 06:05:13 AM »
I think I have seen photo of SD J but never know story behind it- great story and build  :-clap :-clap :-clap

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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2018, 07:22:14 AM »
Hello mate,

I think I have seen photo of SD J but never know story behind it- great story and build  :-clap :-clap :-clap

Two tempest Vs of Régis Deleuze have been photographed : EJ589 SD°J and EJ599 SD°W. Some Tempests of 501 Sqn had been stripped of all camouflage paints to gain mph and wore black codes on natural metal.
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/makete-aviona-aircraft-modeling/bare-metal-hawker-tempest-v/msg8808/#msg8808

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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2018, 07:23:32 AM »
Yes :))

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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2018, 10:11:13 AM »
good!

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Re: Hawker Tempest V, Heller 1/72
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2018, 08:19:41 PM »
:-ok