
Tempest V, serial JN821, code SA-H, No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF, 22/6/44 to 11/10/44.


14 V-1's were shot down with this plane, and it was flown by several pilots. As usual with most of my skins... this plane was hit by flak near Huissen on 11th October '44 and force-landed NW of Nijmegen. The pilot, F/L Eric Tanner from Tauranga, New Zealand, was unhurt (he survived the war and deceased 15/11/84). Last base of this plane was Grimbergen, Belgium. 

I had no source for the skin except a scheme of SA-E, EJ627, from the "Tempest Homepage" http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/tempest.htm with similar paint of the stripes. As EJ627 has already been made by Christian Mosimann, I thought I'd pick a different plane code - however the data above for the given plane is correct.

*** 'non-mirrored code' version, thanks to Stewart Nunn! ***

.) Added Stewart Nunn's 3dz files for non-mirrored codes.

.) Added Dan Shaw's clearglass for the gunsight.

.) Added Migge's new Tempest cockpit instruments.


Hope you like it.


Stanley99

hayakutake@excite.com

9th August, 2001