Aviaeology premium quality Decals & Docs package for scale modellers,  direct from the publisher

RCAF Beaufighter TF.Xs of 404 Squadron – Late 1943 to Late 1944 

+ Beaufighter Airframe Stencil Data Markings set

• Small series screen-printed production.

• Available in 1/48 (this listing is for the 1/48 scale edition – the 1/72 scale edition is currently sold out (go to our website and sign up for the newsletter to receive availability updates).

• Decals to model any one of six different aircraft with multiple variations of several of them, featuring enough common markings and comprehensive airframe stencil data markings for one complete model.

• Six 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated documentation.*

*High resolution b&w supplied in the package. Home-printable colour PDF version available via email after purchase.

• Documentation includes decal placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft variations, plus reference photographs. , Additional material in this set's Docs includes a detailed article, complete with colour scale drawings, on the Beaufighter-specific armament and camouflage schemes. Complete with scale drawings and paint/finishing notes. Additional technical / equipment notes specific to each individual aircraft are laced throughout.

• Richly detailed Docs file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – also available separately as a PDF that you can zoom in to high magnification on-screen, or print out. Internet-connected registered owners of the decal set get the docs for free.

Aircraft covered in this set:

• Beaufighter TF.X LZ451 (marked as squadron commander W/C Gatward’s aircraft):
1st markings variation:
2•M of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Davidstow Moor, Operation Overlord (D-Day), June 1944.
2nd markings variation:
EE•M of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Strubby, July-August 1944.
3rd markings variation:
EE•M of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Banff and Dallachy, October 1944 through early1945 (after W/C Gatward has left the squadron).

• Beaufighter TF.X NE355:
1st markings variation:
2•H of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Wick and Davidstow Moor, late 1943 to May 1944, immediately prior to D-Day.
2nd markings variation:
EE•H of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Strubby, Banff, and Dallachy July 1944 through to February 1945.
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• Beaufighter TF.X LZ295 (new subject in 2024 edition):
2•Z of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Wick and Davidstow Moor, September 1943 to May 1944, immediately prior to D-Day (reported missing, while in post D-Day markings, on 27 August 1944).

• Beaufighter TF.X NE198 (new subject in 2024 edition):
2•R of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Wick and Davidstow Moor, November 1943 to May 1944, immediately prior to D-Day (lost, in post-D-Day markings on 13 August 1944).

• Beaufighter TF.X NE425:
2•G of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Wick and Davidstow Moor, February to May 1944, immediately prior to D-Day (lost, in revised markings on 24 August 1944).

• Beaufighter TF.X NV173 (W/C Pierce’s aircraft):
1st markings variation:
EE•X of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Davidstow Moor and Strubby, late June to late August 1944.
2nd markings variation:
EE•X of 404 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Banff, and Dallachy, September 1944 through to 9 December 1944 (lost on operations, Pilot AK Cooper and Navigator CF Smith).