Wyvern GR.8

[comrade harps]

By 1968, much of the region around the borders of Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon was held by the Marxist African People's Liberation Army (APLA). Launched in January, the UN's Operation Paper Cut was an attempt to draw the APLA into battle so that it could be destroyed.

One of the most active units involved in Paper Cut was Task Force Taylor, a multi-national special operations group which combined air and land units into a single fighting force. Integral to Taylor's airpower was Team Wyvern, which was a government and industry joint venture to promote and sustain the operation of de Havilland Canada's Wyvern in Africa. Taylor included 2 Team Wyvern escadrilles, one of which was Air Commando Escadrille Shark, which featured aircraft and personel from Canada, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria.



Date: 15 January, 1969
Mission: Close air support for air assault on APLA camp near Mada, Cameroon
Base: Bougoumene, Chad
Unit: Black Flight, Air Commando Escadrille Shark, Task Force Taylor
Airforce: Cameroon
Ordnance: Centerline drop tank, 2 x CARDE 155 rocket pods, 4 x Mk 82, 2 x Mk 82SE, 1 x CARDE FlareWinder, 2 x SUU-14 dispenser



A point of interest with this aircraft is the counter-shaded fuselage band, typical of Task Force Taylor's attention to detail when it came to morale building camouflage.



comrade harps

[van883]

That is fantastic-I love the Wyvern....now where is my Frog kit.....

[Archibald]

Wow! That's just MAR-VE-LLOUS!!! Congrats for such good work!          

[The Rat]

Eye's open blearily...

Stumble to bathroom...

Suffle to kitchen, make coffee...

Fire up computer and answer e-mail/clear spam...

Check What If board...

I'M AWAKE NOW!!!          

[Brian da Basher]

Wow Comrade Harps simply stunning! That counter-shaded fuse band is one of the coolest examples of masterful paintwork I've seen all year! Your camoflage painting is among the best!

Brian da Basher

[kitnut617]

I really like the Wyvern, I've got five kits of it, and I've always wondered why they weren't made available to other countries once the RN grew tired of them.

Your model is very nicely done, I like the camoflage over the standard RN colours.

In a book called Westland Aircraft, the test pilot who tested the Wyvern has stated that the Wyvern was , very nearly, a very good aeroplane, which puts it into perspective.

Robert

[ysi_maniac]

I really like the Wyvern, I've got five kits of it ...

Me too and I got 2 Trumpeter   I think that one of them will be jet powered  

[ysi_maniac]

BTW: The model looks gorgeous in this camo.            

[Scooterman]

Two words-

FECK ME!!!

   

Three more words-

AIR
PLANE
PORN
   

[Radish]

OMG.......wonderful  

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

I gotta ask... is that masked/sprayed or hand painted either way that is absolutely stunnig, and I do mean stunning !

Ian

[Ollie]

Really nice, congrats!

   

[Rafael]

I'm still trying to find my jaw.....

   

Rafa

[Dork the kit slayer]

you have a way with those quirky camo schemes...well done    

[rallymodeller]

I have TOTALLY got to get me a Wyvern!