Corsair II Eastern Fleet 44 skin by UncleTgt
This is a repaint for Dbolts excellent unmirrored CFS2 Corsair.
This particular plane was flown by 47 Naval Fighter Wing CO Lt Cmdr Ronnie Hay,Royal Marines from the deck of HMS Victorious, Indian Ocean OCT 44.
On his first operational sortie from the carrier Ark Royal in April 1940, Lieutenant Hay shot down a Heinkel bomber near Aalesund, Norway, while flying an obsolescent Blackburn Roc.
Within a month his squadron returned to Britain, from where Hay flew operations in support of the Dunkirk evacuation. Once, after attacking German targets on the river Meuse, he was so hotly pursued by a Me 109 fighter that he only evaded it by repeatedly stalling his Roc.
During the Battle of Britain, Hay flew Fairey Fulmars with 808 Squadron. He then joined the carrier Ark Royal, and saw action on the Malta convoys and the attack on the German battleship Bismarck.
After surviving the sinking of Ark Royal in November 1941, he was awarded a DSC for his actions in the Mediterranean. A spell ashore as a flying instructor was followed by command of 809 Squadron in the carrier Victorious during the Torch landings in North Africa. Hay then taught carrier air group tactics before flying out to Ceylon as an acting major.
In 1944 Hay rejoined Victorious and became a wing leader for three squadrons flying American-built Corsairs. He led attacks on targets in Sumatra, between October 1944 and January 1945, acting as an airborne air co-ordinator for missions of up to 100 aircraft at a time.
He received a DSO for his role in leading the attacks on the Palembang oil refineries in January 1945. During operations he himself accounted for two enemy aircraft.
Between March and June 1945, four British aircraft carriers attacked the Sakashima Islands in support of American operations against Okinawa. Hay was airborne almost daily, directing these attacks and earning a Bar to his DSC.
Thanks to
Dbolt for a great rework.
This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions
UncleTgt
AUG 2010
Submitted by UncleTgt
This is a repaint for Dbolts excellent unmirrored CFS2 Corsair.
This particular plane was flown by 47 Naval Fighter Wing CO Lt Cmdr Ronnie Hay,Royal Marines from the deck of HMS Victorious, Indian Ocean OCT 44.
On his first operational sortie from the carrier Ark Royal in April 1940, Lieutenant Hay shot down a Heinkel bomber near Aalesund, Norway, while flying an obsolescent Blackburn Roc.
Within a month his squadron returned to Britain, from where Hay flew operations in support of the Dunkirk evacuation. Once, after attacking German targets on the river Meuse, he was so hotly pursued by a Me 109 fighter that he only evaded it by repeatedly stalling his Roc.
During the Battle of Britain, Hay flew Fairey Fulmars with 808 Squadron. He then joined the carrier Ark Royal, and saw action on the Malta convoys and the attack on the German battleship Bismarck.
After surviving the sinking of Ark Royal in November 1941, he was awarded a DSC for his actions in the Mediterranean. A spell ashore as a flying instructor was followed by command of 809 Squadron in the carrier Victorious during the Torch landings in North Africa. Hay then taught carrier air group tactics before flying out to Ceylon as an acting major.
In 1944 Hay rejoined Victorious and became a wing leader for three squadrons flying American-built Corsairs. He led attacks on targets in Sumatra, between October 1944 and January 1945, acting as an airborne air co-ordinator for missions of up to 100 aircraft at a time.
He received a DSO for his role in leading the attacks on the Palembang oil refineries in January 1945. During operations he himself accounted for two enemy aircraft.
Between March and June 1945, four British aircraft carriers attacked the Sakashima Islands in support of American operations against Okinawa. Hay was airborne almost daily, directing these attacks and earning a Bar to his DSC.
Thanks to
Dbolt for a great rework.
This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions
UncleTgt
AUG 2010
Submitted by UncleTgt
