Section F8 F-86 revisited

Section F8 F-86 repaint

One livery, F-86F belonging to 512th Fighter Day Squadron, Soesterberg AB around 1954
Use either stock SF8 MDL or the one included with my previous repaint

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huub vink said:

Thanks l'iguane! Beautiful as always.

512th Fighter Day Squadron was stationed at RAF Manston UK. In October 1954 the squadron moved to Soesterberg AB in the Netherlands were it would remain until September 1955. On paper the unit moved to RAF Bentwaters in the UK in 1955, however personnel and equipment remained at Soesterberg AB and were assigned to the newly activated 32nd Fighter Day Squadron.

According the USAF policy 32nd squadron was chosen because of its historical link with the Netherlands. During WWII, 32nd Pursuit Squadron had been based at Hato AB at Curacao which is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 32nd Squadron would remain at Soesterberg AB until 1994.

So this Sabre fits perfect with Ian's latest Manston scenery and with the early version of the future release of AVP's Soesterberg scenery.

Cheers,
Huub

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