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Military & Civil Aviation – Military Weapons & Equipment – Naval Vessels
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Kagero Air Battles
21 Japanese
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L. Wieliczko
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Kagero Monograph
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J Bamford
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CHARLES STAFRACE
THE F-84F THUNDERSTREA
been imaginable in peacetime.
With major airfields nearby (North
Weald, Hendon and Hatfield)
reachable by bicycle, he and a friend
spent most of their days up trees
observing the movements of military
aircraft at the height of the Battle of Britain
until school reconvened.
W
arpaint Books are pleased to
announce the launch at Scale
Model World 2014 of our
100th title the F-84F Thunder
Streak/Jet & RF-84F Thunderflash
Warpaint Books started production of the
current series in 1996, in conjunction with the
title originator and Editor Alan W Hall, aided
by his elite team of authors and artists. This
series from its inception proved to be very
popular with the aircraft enthusiast and
modeller, rapidly growing from strength to
strength. Alan W Hall died suddenly in Malta
in 2008 at the age of eighty, just after
completing Warpaint No 69 on the Marauder.
Alan’s death left a void which we were not
confident we could fill with his thoughts,
ideas and inspirations being locked away
somewhere in his home in Malta. After much
research, we built up sufficient knowledge
and regained our confidence, starting
production of the series in earnest just 3
months after Alan’s death.
I asked Chris Hall, Alan Hall’s son to give an
over view of Alan’s early life (1932 – 2008)
highlighting the events that affected and
directed him into his publishing career. I
found the whole exercise fascinating and
hope that this will be of as much interest to
you all. The series has grown with some
welcome additions to the existing team of
authors. Richard Caruana has become our
resident artists and we are spreading our net
to cover, German, Japanese and Russian
subject matter and are looking at covering
aircraft from WWI.
My Father joined the Air Training Corps in
April 1942 giving him access to flights in Tiger
Moths operating out of RAF Panshanger, where
he logged up quite a few hours flying time with
the airfield instructors. He set up a school club
affiliated to the National Association of Spotters
Club, which eventually became the Enfield
Branch. The title Aeroplane Spotter provided the
inspiration for Aviation News but it was at this
club that his first steps at model making took
place, albeit crafted from wood.
When it came to National Service in 1944, my
Father’s desire to become a pilot was thwarted
as this role was well oversubscribed. My Father
thought that by extending his time in education
he could defer entry into the RAF, hoping that by
doing so the bottleneck would have eased, thus
opening up opportunities for him to realize his
dream. Alan had done well at English, History
and Geography at school, but it was a Saturday
class studying art that presented Alan with the
idea that this may provide him with a career.
In 1945 Alan was called up to do his National
Service, at this time the war had drawn to a close
and there was now a surfeit of trained pilots,
again thwarting his ambition. After basic
training at RAF Padgate he was offered the
position of Wireless Operator, and at the time he
decided that whatever the RAF threw at him he
was going to get more out of them rather than
vice versa
Alan was posted to RAF Compton Basset in
Wiltshire to learn his trade in signals.
The camp was back logged, resulting in a delay
on transfer to advanced training at RAF Cranwell
so to avoid boredom and general duties, he
volunteered for the Advanced Drill Squad at RAF
Halton. Instruction in advanced drill followed
and shortly he found himself representing the
RAF at events throughout the country, including
parading at the British Legion Memorial Service
at the Albert Hall.
My Father was posted to RAF Cranwell, the
spiritual home of the RAF and Radio School.
Training intensified and it was here that he first
encountered an aircraft that was to become his
favourite, the Avro Anson. His flying log book
recorded 12 hours flying at Cranwell in a variety
of Ansons before the passing out parade and his
coveted Wireless Operators flying badge.
Alan was then posted to the Empire Test Pilots
School at RAF Cranfield but this time fate had
been kind to him. Duties included flying in
multi-engine aircraft while sharing some air
traffic control duties. My Father was in heaven.
RAF Cranfield was a wonderful posting which
enabled him to get in in as much flying as he
could such as high altitude tests in Lincolns and
Lancasters, low level runs on Mosquitos and air
traffic control, which although less exhilarating,
was no less interesting. Thanks to the
reorganisation of the Empire Test Pilots’ School
to RAE Farnborough, my Father found himself
posted to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Setting off
from Docklands, London, he unexpectedly
found himself in Malta where the ship was
commandeered to take army troops to India to
help with the unrest. This this was my Father’s
first taste of this island.
Their ship returned to pick them up some 10
weeks later, taking 3 weeks to dock at Durban
and thence by train to Bulawayo. From there the
contingent were split up, some staying at RAF
HQ at Kumalo, my father and others being sent
to RAF Thornhill near Gwelo in central Rhodesia.
The base had been put on care and
maintenance at the end of WWII, their initial task
involved helping to get the base operational
again. Once back in shape, aircraft, mainly Tiger
Moths and Harvard AT-6s, began to arrive in
crates.
Gradually more aircraft and pilots started to
arrive and life on the station became busier.
There were two Ansons operational on the base
and my Father found himself a seat on the first
flight of Anson (WK376). The base continued to
expand with four W/Ops running a rota on T20’s
operational duties. The arrival of Anson MK 20s
afforded him more flying time and although the
layout of the aircraft had changed this gave Alan
more opportunities to persuade the pilots to
change places. The posting to Rhodesia
enabled
my Father to keep his vow to get more out of
the RAF than they did of him.
During this time he enjoyed some great ad-
ventures with like-minded colleagues, visiting
Victoria Falls, travelling to Mozambique, and
quite by chance finding himself invited to some
very liberally minded beach parties near Durban
in South Africa.
C
hris Hall says I am humbled by the high
regard in which my father is still held
within the aviation and modelling
community.
As important a part of my Father’s life, but one
with which people are less familiar, is the period
when his love of aviation first developed. He
spoke a few years ago of his early memories
which led him to become a pilot and of his first
encounter with an airplane at the age of 10.
Every year, his Father took the family on holiday
to the Isle of Wight but in 1937, they did things a
little differently by flying in an Airspeed Courier
of Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight
Airways. This 15 minute flight cost 7s 6d and
having insisted on sitting next to the pilot, my
father was duly rewarded by being given the job
of winding-up the undercarriage!
This encounter with flying left a huge impression
on my Father, his interest being further
cemented in 1938 when his Father took him to
the Hendon Air Day. That Christmas, he received
his first model aircraft made by FROG - This was
an Interceptor Mk.4 semi-scale, rubber-band
powered, flying model and Christmas day was
spent flying it in the park.
September 1939 brought the onset of war
with Germany, but my Father then aged 11, did
not necessarily appreciate the implications of
this calamity. The war presented him with
opportunities due to schools being closed,
allowing him to indulge his fascination with
flying to a degree that would otherwise not have
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In September 1946 he had completed his Na-
tional Service and was ordered back to Kirkham
in Lancashire to be demobbed. Here discharge
certificates and civilian clothes were issued and
he was given 3 months part pay but what of the
future? He decided to enter a two year National
Design Diploma course, choosing lithography
and bookbinding as his core subjects at Hornsey
School of Art. There he wrote his first book on
the architecture of the south coast between
Southampton and Winchester which earned
high praise despite its short print run of 25
copies! He also enrolled for a 3 year, part-time
course at Camberwell School of Art. On passing
his exams he took a one year teaching course
after which he got his first civilian job at the age
of 24 at Malvern School of Art.
ILLUSTRATED BY
RICHARD CARUANA
not completed the full training, he had amassed
30 hours of dual and solo flying before leaving to
take up his post at Malvern. Shortly thereafter he
completed the course and qualified at nearby
Staverton aerodrome. His passion for aviation
and his chosen career in graphic arts led him
into journalism in the 1960s, and by the early 70s
he had the skill and confidence to share with
others, the passion that had captivated him at
the age of 10 in that short 15 minute flight
*Note:
At his request his ashes were scattered on
the airfield after his death in November 2008.
Some 80 years on, I am delighted that my Fa-
ther’s legacy continues as we reach issue 100 in
the Warpaint series. Under the wise and steady
hand of Alan’s long time friend Regis Auckland,
the principles and ideas associated with
Warpaint Books continue in this well established
publication. Not only do these publications pro-
vide the reader with authoritative service histo-
ries, the camouflage schemes and line drawings
provide a valuable information source to both
model-makers and enthusiasts alike.
Warpaint Books were the last publications
that my Father edited, and they probably best
encapsulate what he enjoyed most about in-
dulging his passion. It is tremendously satisfying
and makes me very proud to see that it endures
and continues to meet the needs of the aviation
enthusiast and modelling community.
To finance his living expenses while waiting to
take up the job at Malvern my Father went to the
Isle of Wight, where he worked as a waiter at the
Shanklin Hotel. He also applied to join the RAF
Volunteer Reserve and was only accepted on the
basis that he remained a signaller. He therefore
had no option but to get his pilot’s licence pri-
vately.
At the Isle of Wight Flying Club, Sandown air-
field*, he took as many flying lessons as he could
afford. The school was run by two women one of
which, Vera Strod, became his instructor with
flights to Croydon, Southampton and Shoreham.
It was a wonderful summer and although he had
Alan in Rhodesia
Chris Hall
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