MDR14454 Blackburn Skua

The “MDR14454 Blackburn Skua” kit consist of detailed high quality 3D printed parts, photoethed parts and decals to assemble of the Blackburn B-24 Skua Mk.II aircraft model in scale 1/144.

The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane aircraft, as well as the first dive-bomber in Fleet Air Arm (FAA) service. Skua Mk.II model was aircraft powered by the sleeve valve Bristol Perseus. Long nose as per K5179 but with a shorter, smooth cowling. Two-seat fighter and dive-bomber for the Royal Navy; 190 built by Blackburn at Brough Aerodrome. On 10 April 1940, 16 Skuas of 800 and 803 NAS led by Lieutenant Commander William Lucy, flying from RNAS Hatston in the Orkney Islands made a 330 mile night flight to arrive at the very limit of their radius – at dawn over Bergen Harbour. They attacked and sank Königsberg with several direct hits. The Blackburn B-24 Skua Mk2 mostly fought in western Europe theatre. Blackburn B-24 Skua Mk2 was produced in 1938-1940. The aircraft was operated from 1938 to 1945.