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For valour in the face of the enemy’...it’s all that
needs to be said to represent the kind of bravery
and dedication to duty epitomised by Victoria Cross
recipients. So when I was e-mailed recently by the
nephew of a VC winner, a shiver went down my spine.
The message was from Jim Nicolson, whose uncle was Wing
Commander James Brindley Nicolson VC, DFC; RAF Fighter
Command's only pilot to receive the Victoria Cross. It was his
249 Squadron markings (P3576/GN-A) that were added to
Airfix’s new 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I in the March 2015 issue. Jim, a
life-long modeller, wanted to congratulate us on the content of
that edition, and to say how pleased he was to see coverage of
his relative...but he also imparted some fascinating snippets of
information. Apparently, James Nicolson had a red devil painted
on his Hurricane, although this was missing from the after-
market decals used on our model...but more about that later.
Another nugget was that Airfix’s last re-issue of its original
Gloster Gladiator kit offered a pre-war livery for an individual
aircraft also flown by James Nicolson, that of 72 Squadron's
K6142. The final link in this interesting tale is that Nicolson also
flew K9942, the oldest surviving Spitfire, now displayed
at the RAF Museum Cosford...what a great modelling theme,
and I’ve resolved to build all three of the aforementioned
aircraft in the future, in my own small tribute.
Back to that red devil though; the main reason it was not
included on the decal sheet is, almost certainly, that no
photographs of the actual artwork on Nicolson’s Hurricane have
been published thus far. If any of you have ever seen a period
photo with it in situ, or you have any other information on ‘Old
Nick’ in this respect (or the possible artist) please do contact me
via the e-mail address below. Who knows what’s lurking in a loft
or dusty, long-ignored archive somewhere?Chris Clifford, Editor
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