Wing Leader

22/12/2024

22/12/2024

For those of you who enjoy our YouTube films, we've just set live our latest, an extended version of our popular Christmas Ghost bomber story. Featuring new photos, location footage and crew accounts, this is really one to watch! Click on the link below;

A B-24 Liberator crash lands on Christmas Day 1944 near to a remote English farmhouse, but where are the crew members? How can they have just vanished into ...

18/12/2024

As we're now posting 'Photos of the Day' over on our Wingleader Archive site, (for all to see), we thought we'd post this one here first as a bit of a Christmas mystery. This is a genuine RAF recce photo, taken around January 1943, but what does it depict? We'll publish the answer in the next couple of days if nobody guesses, wrong but creative answers welcome!

For more Photos of the day, see here;
https://wingleaderarchive.com/index?/category/1225-photo_of_the_day

18/12/2024

A splendid treat in the post today. Some more obscure aspects of the Battle of Britain. If you fancy one yourself, contact Joel Diggle , long time Wingleader supporter and all round good egg.

15/12/2024

Exciting new features in the Archive NOW Live!
We are really excited to announce that the RAF Serial Number photo files are now live on the Wingleader Archive for all Members to see. There are over 8000 photos of RFC/RAF aircraft listed by serial number, including nearly 2500 NEW photos, recently bought at auction, which form the backbone of this stunning collection.

The post war photo collection is expanding too.

A recent NEW Archive feature is the weekly 'Photo Pack' update. Photo Packs are uploaded every Sunday and contain around 100 new photos scanned from private collections that we've secured over the past few years. Recent subjects include He111s in the West, K Series aircraft, Ju87 Stukas in the West and UK based Wellingtons. We're focussing these packs on kit releases you might need a reference for.

Tomorrow's Photo Pack will feature a lovely collection of Merlin engined Spitfire photos, many of which came from the P R Moyes Collection.

Also new on the site is 'Photo of the Day' where we pull out interesting images that we come across when scanning and post them immediately. These images are visible to any visitors to the site, not just members.

Membership of the Archive costs from just £1.54 a week, (£80 per year) and gives you full access to over 30,000 historic military and aviation photos. To see more about the site, please click on the link:
https://wingleader.co.uk/wingleader-archive/

09/12/2024

As we're heading towards the Christmas break, we thought we'd update you on the latest news. Firstly, we've had to block any orders from Canada for the foreseeable future whilst the Canada Post crisis rumbles on. The UK Post Office has decided not to accept post to Canada and couriers often charge a fortune in admin fees for handling import taxes. We'll update you when the situation changes.

New books in production at the moment are WPA 35 Vickers Wellington MkI and MkIa, and of course Battle of Britain Combat Archive Volume 17, both of which should be out in January.

Look out next week for a NEW look Wingleader Archive. We'll be doing a one off update of over 2500 photos and introducing a couple of new exciting features to enhance our unique photo archive. More details soon.

https://wingleader.co.uk/shop/

05/12/2024

A bit of RAF Allison engine Mustang colour detail. We've taken a few original colour details to the IPMS show in Telford before, but this year we had too many books to allow space. This is a piece of cockpit frame, visible in Colin Ford's definitive Wingleader book. Recovered at a scrapping site from a Mustang which survived the war. There will certainly be variations, but this Mustang was this colour.
Remember that our 20% off sale ends on Sunday 8th December, at wingleader.co.uk, discount code Telford20

29/11/2024

Don't forget the Battle of Britain, Nachtjagd and Luftwaffe Crash Archives are also included in the 20% off deal! Visit https://wingleader.co.uk/shop/ for sample pages and orders. Use code Telford20 at checkout for the discount.
The offer will run until Sunday 8th December so it’s an ideal way to treat yourself or someone else for Christmas. There are over 80 books to choose from including aviation art books by Roy Huxley and Mark Postlethwaite.

28/11/2024

After a very popular sale at IPMS Telford Scale Model World, we're extending the offer to everyone who couldn't make it. We're also including the rest of the Wingleader range of books!
20% OFF when you spend £100 or more by inputting coupon code Telford20 when prompted.

Offer ends Sunday 8 December. Over 80 books to choose from include 33 WPA Series and 16 Battle of Britain Combat Archive series.
Find the whole range at wingleader.co.uk

Aviation books, art and collectables. Digging it up, writing about it and painting it since the 1970s

15/11/2024

Out now, and available to order online. Lots of detail for your Airfix 1/72 or 1/48th Meatbox, or the impending big Revell F.8.
Click the link to satisfy your bookshelf urges, and remember, Christmas is coming...
https://wingleader.co.uk/books/meteorf8wpa34/

Aviation books, art and collectables. Digging it up, writing about it and painting it since the 1970s

10/11/2024

All the stuff and more! Thanks to everyone for coming to see us at IPMS Telford.

08/11/2024

Nearly set up at Telford. Pretty sure Airfix read our Lysander book!

05/11/2024

Who's coming to Telford next weekend? It's Wingleader's annual beano, with all the team, and all the Photo Archive series. Mark and Simon will be signing books, and there may well be special offers! Come and say hello, in between buying kits you didn't even know you needed...
9th and 10th November. See you there!

31/10/2024

We're delighted to launch 'The Dambuster Lancaster' a Wingleader Modeller's Special.

Authored by Bomber Command expert Peter Allam and using Piotr Forkasiewicz's astonishing Type 464 3D CAD model. This is without doubt the most accurate representation of a Dambuster Lancaster anywhere in the world.

We have rendered dozens of high-res views of the model, both inside and out, to give the modeller a comprehensive understanding of how to accurately represent a Type 464 Lancaster. We've also gone back inside the fuselage to include the rest bed and rarely seen armoured bulkhead doors.

Accompanying the images and period photos are extended captions explaining the equipment and modifications visible to the reader.

This exceptional book will answer all the questions about the 'Dambuster Lancaster' and will be an essential guide for anyone modelling the Type 464.

Sample pages and ordering here: https://wingleader.co.uk/books/damlancwms/

Come and meet the Wingleader team at IPMS Telford on the 9th and 10th November. There might be special offers!

Aviation books, art and collectables. Digging it up, writing about it and painting it since the 1970s

28/10/2024

Exciting news from Wingleader's own Mark Postlethwaite GAvA. It will also be available at IPMS Telford in a few week's time, more details to follow!
"Really delighted to announce that my third book of paintings will arrive in the warehouse on Monday and so is now available to order. With over 90 of my paintings from the last 15 years, it's a large format, exquisitely printed coffee table book that would make a great gift for any aviation enthusiast." Check it out here;
https://wingleader.co.uk/books/wita3/

22/10/2024

A genuine aircraft dump story from Oz. It's still out there! Link here: https://www.ozatwar.com/dumped/heatleyparkburialpit.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawGEy1JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXBJhTpnfy8UtXSTcfeZ6i2wS7dS4rwTykqhpIhP4UezEtDdTHOD5dV9-w_aem_FXne5xOVRZ3dgVuGbPYypA

21/10/2024

This week's 100 new photos on the Wingleader Archive website features a wide variety of interesting or oddball types including the Boulton Paul Bourges, the Budd Conestoga and the Commonwealth Wackett! However, it's a couple of more conventional Typhoons that catch the eye, take a look here and see if you can spot something unusual about them.

To see the rest of this week's update along with the 30,000 others currently in the Archive, why not sign up today https://wingleaderarchive.com/