| Built by: | Michael Turner |
| Kit: | Airfix Curtis Tomahawk Mk. II (A05133) |
| Kit Media: | Plastic |
| Modifications and Additions: | Built ‘Out Of Box’ |
| Unit: | RAF 260 Sqn |
| Location: | LG 123 Maddelena 3, Libya, 1941 |
| Pilot: | Flt. Lt. Clive Caldwell |
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History
With 28.5 victories, Clive Caldwell was the top scoring Australian pilot of World War 2. He flew this aircraft while with 250 Sqn RAF and destroyed two Bf 109s on the 23rd of November 1941 and then five Ju 87s on the 5th of December. He scored his ninth kill in this aircraft, another Bf 109, on the 20th of December to bring his total to 18.
Caldwell transferred to be the CO of 112 Sqn which had recently converted to Kittyhawk IAs and with whom he scored another three and one shared kills. This total of 21.5 kills made Clive the top P-40 Ace of the war.
Like many Australian pilots, Clive was recalled to Australia where he led the XXX flying Spitfires. He scored a further seven victories over the Japanese, making him one of the rare pilots to have achieved Ace status in two theatres and to have shot down aircraft of each of the three Axis powers, Germany, Italy and Japan.
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