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Ian Keltie - 402 City of Winnipeg Squadron Spitfire MK 1X
The cockpit cover flew off. The wind lashed his exposed head and face. And Ian Keltie felt like he'd been "hit with a hammer."Keltie, a pilot barely 22 years old and fighting for Canada in World War II, struggled to assess the damage to himself and his aircraft during that mission on Aug. 24, 1942.He was escorting American B-17 bombers on a daylight raid of a target in France. He was under attack."I took violent evasive action and climbed hard and fast," Keltie wrote in Spitfire II, a book about Canadian fighter pilots published in 1999.But as he mounted his defence and tried to retreat from the German enemy, he was careful not to turn his gaze too far to either side, into the wind."He didn't want to lose his sunglasses," Ross Keltie, Ian's son, said yesterday from his Toronto home. "He had brand new sunglasses. They cost him two weeks' pay. He was always like that." Ian George Secord Keltie died in Toronto on Jan. 29. He was 86. model under construction by Ken Kalynuk Spitfire Mk. IX Project - 402 City of Winnipeg Squadron - F/O Ian Keltie 2007-5-12- Over the winter I re-engined the Spitfire with a Zenoah G62 for the weight and power. I now have f flights nd the model is flying well, landings require utmost care, I got too slow once and it dropped the right wingtip. This model was lost at Gimli Model Fest on 2007-08-15....to slow on landing, a replacement is in the plans!
2006-7-7- Spraying on the marking with stencils made by Gary at Get Stencils.com. Thanks to Get Stencils the marking are looking great and easy to do. I paint the inner edge of the stencil with the color that is being covered and that give me no bleed thru and a nice crisp edge. Markings made with stencils from Get Stencils.com for F/O Ian Keltie, 402 Squadron, MK IX RCAF
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