Roal Dahl and spaghetti Hurricanes

[Kari Lumppio]

Hello!

The other day I finished reading a book authored by Roald Dahl. This Finnish edition was titled "Helppo nakki" (~ piece of cake, though literally it is "easy frankfurter"!).

The Finnish edition is a potpourri of author's different works and includes several flying stories: Gladiator crash, Greece, Palestine.

Is there anything known about the planes which Dahl flew? This is of course a modeller's question i.e. is there any photos? As I have understood chances are as slim as are finding photo of Pattle's mount?

Reading one story where Dahl writes how Hurricanes were pushed into olive tree woods the "spaghetti" Hurricanes immediately occurred to me. Mental picture was how Hurricane nose poked out between the trees showing the Sky (aluminium?) underside at least for low flying enemy planes. Camouflaging it with stripes of green might have been good idea. ( This also leads to the question about late war Lw wing leading edge underside camo, where I have had different opinon about the need...).

So has a modeller today possibility to build accurate and verified mount of Roald Dahl's?


Thanking in advance,

Kari