art deco chrome airplane model 1961-63

i found this art deco airplane desk model (in europe) chrome with the latin txt Non illicitum carburandum  20 sept 1961-11 sept 1963.
I searchd on the latin txt but could not find any airforce connections.






thx in advance

Cool piece.

The aircraft has a tail hook...So most likely it represents a naval aircraft..

The Latin translated to English is " dont let the bastards get you down " ..


S

non illicitum carborundum , appears to be a not often used version of the mock Latin phrase normally quoted as "non illegitimi carborundum" which is supposed to translate to don't let the bastards grind you down".  The fact that it is Illicitum rather than illegitimi or illigitimum is rather odd.  

The phrase is of course not real Latin.  It suggests to me RAF banter,  but I could be wrong.  No clue at the moment as to the aircraft.

The date is presented as Day month year so again this suggests British, rather than US......

HawKer Siddley/ Armstrong Whitworth Sea Hawk.

Spot on !

At first it reminded me of a Blackburn Buccaneer.. which came a bit later.


S

Nice! I was going to suggest British simply because the date is not written the way us Yanks understand the world

Steve

That is a really attractive piece.

Yess thats it!   They were used by: (uk) Royal Navy, indian Navy German Navy an the Royal Netherlands Navy.  i found it in the Netherlands  so it may be a Dutch or german piece. Thx very much !