Obituary: Ken Atkinson, Airfix pilot

[CyclingDon]

Hi
Spotted this and thought it would interest you lot:

Obituary: Ken Atkinson, naval fighter pilot whose Sea Hurricane became the model for an Airfix kit
Lt Ken Atkinson, who has died aged 100, was a Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot whose Sea Hurricane gained worldwide fame as an Airfix model.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... ne-became/

(First time postee. Have recently restarted modelling again with some poorly constructed Fokker Eduard models: Eindekker and Dr1, and am now struggling with an Airfix Typhoon).

[DavidWomby]

Interesting. Thanks for pointing us to that and welcome aboard.

David

[Stuart]

Very interesting (another hero gone) & welcome to the forum!

[emetrolum]

this is interesting information