SPECIAL HOBBY REISSUES 1/48 MARYLAND

Maryland airframes flown by daring but ill-fated RAF recce pilot Adrian Warburton can be represented in this re-welcome re-release, reviewed by CHRIS CLIFFORD.

SPECIAL HOBBY REISSUES 1/48 MARYLAND

It was often the deeds of fighter pilots that hit the headlines during World War Two… but one man to buck the trend was reconnaissance wizard, Wg Cdr Adrian Warburton. Flying Martin Marylands from Malta, Warburton and colleagues photographed the Italian fleet at Taranto (which led to a successful attack). Later in his wartime career he also ‘shot’ potential landing beaches for the invasion of Sicily, plus many other important targets. Warburton eventually became the RAF’s most highly decorated recce pilot.

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