1/32 - Roden - Sopwith 1 & 1/2 Strutter - 9407 - FSL R.Collishaw, FLt Cdr. C. Draper - N° 3 Wing RNAS

Three full-size sheet decal set depicting 9407, flown by FSL R.Collishaw, FLt Cdr. C. Draper, N° 3 Wing of the RNAS

This is the first scheme in the N°3 Wing RNAS line-up. Reportedly FSL R.Collishaw flew this machine on 10 November 1916 and is claimed to have shot down a Fokker aircraft during a raid on Oberndorf.

Dave Hooper's take on 9407 :

"9407 is the aircraft that Collishaw flew over to France in. It was used on operations by a number of pilots including Collishaw. As a very early production Sopwith built Strutter it left the factory with a clear doped fuselage finish but was partially repainted in PC10. I am aware of only one photograph of the aircraft in this early paint scheme. Squadron accounts of this aircraft record that it was marked with a number 16 which isn’t visible on the photograph leading me to follow some others in the supposition that the 16 was fairly small and in a position that would have been hidden by the drooped elevator in the photograph. I believe the coaming is more likely to be overpainted in PC10, but I have seem artists interpretations with a wooden coaming. 9407 appears to have aluminium cowls".