1/72 GEMINI-ACES (GARAF1002) SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK-LF-IXe (2I-V - MK356) FLG-OFF Gordon OCKENDEN R.C.A.F. 443 * HORNET * SQDN 7-JUN,1944 NOW with B.B.M.F. (LIMITED EDITION)

1/72 GEMINI-ACES (GARAF1002) SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK-LF-IXe (2I-V - MK356) FLG-OFF Gordon OCKENDEN R.C.A.F. 443 * HORNET * SQDN 7-JUN,1944 NOW with B.B.M.F (LIMITED EDITION) On 11th March 1944 MK356 was allocated to the recently-formed 443 (‘Hornet’) Squadron RCAF, part of No 144 Canadian Wing at RAF Digby (only 10 miles from the aircraft’s current home at RAF Coningsby); it was issued to ‘B’ Flight and painted with the code letters ‘2I-V’. MK356 flew all of its 60 wartime operational sorties with this unit between 14th April and 14th June 1944. It took part in the D-Day operations and one of its pilots, Flying Officer Gordon Ockenden RCAF, claimed a shared confirmed kill against a German Me Bf109 on 7th June, D-Day+1.