Andrew Mamedoff's Mk I / L1082 / R6690 / PR-A

[Warbird Kid]

I'm building a 1/48th scale Tamiya Mk.I Spit in the markings of Andrew Mamedoff's mount: (L1082 PR-A) and I figured I would go to the experts here. I've found a few artistic drawings and one original picture of this plane but I'm hoping to find some more definitive clarification from the brain trust here.





My current questions are:
1. Which Cameo pattern did this bird have?
2. What color was the prop spinner?

If I have any other questions I'll be sure to follow up. Thanks in advance!

[martin_sam_2000]

I'm building a 1/48th scale Tamiya Mk.I Spit in the markings of Andrew Mamedoff's mount: (L1082 PR-A) and I figured I would go to the experts here. I've found a few artistic drawings and one original picture of this plane but I'm hoping to find some more definitive clarification from the brain trust here.





My current questions are:
1. Which Cameo pattern did this bird have?
2. What color was the prop spinner?

If I have any other questions I'll be sure to follow up. Thanks in advance!

I would go with the first line drawing with the black spinner. The other ones are a later aircraft that carried the same code.

You can use this to match the camo pattern.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy ... 3Se5EGpEN-

It is just reversed so the side profiles show both sides of the plane, just both on the right side. for the belly,you would have to look at other aircraft from the same time to see if they had the black id on the lower surface or all sky.

Sean

[Dan Jones]

That replica looks like it was originally supposed to be a Mk IX and then somebody stuck a three-bladed prop on it, repainted it, and called it a Mk 1. That's the one at the Yorkshire Air Museum?

[Dave Smith]

Sorry, I can't help with the question but I do know that L1082 crashed in a field 400 yards away from where I live in North Wales. The date was 22 August 1941 and by then it was serving with 57 OTU at nearby RAF Hawarden. I have a witness who tells me that it came down in a flat spin so didn't bury itself. There are probably some pieces still there but unfortunately the landowner won't let anyone do any metal detecting. The pilot who was killed was Pilot Officer Roger Dennis Crozier an American from Portland, Maine who had joined the RCAF with the aim of getting to Britain and helping our war effort. I have suggested that this hero's name be added to the village war memorial.

[Warbird Kid]

Aaaaaaand we're just about done! I'm going to go back and replace the antenna wire, may add a few small weathering details, as well as a single "A" that is supposed to go underneath the spinner on the cowling, but I'm ultimately happy with how it came out.



80 years ago this month, this Mk.1 Spitfire was flown by Andrew Mamedoff of No. 609 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Some sources say that he was born in Thompson, Connecticut, where his Russian family had settled in the early 1910s. At the very least he grew up in Connecticut and eventually found his way to England to help fight the oncoming Luftwaffe. In September of 1940, Andrew was transferred and became a founding member of the No. 71 'Eagle' Squadron. On October 8th 1941, Mamedoff was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781. The wreckage of his plane was found on the Isle of Man and it is thought that he crashed due to poor weather conditions. This 1/48th Tamiya model is dedicated to Mr. Mamedoff and will eventually be displayed at the Connecticut Air & Space Center.