Aeroplanes

Corgi AA27005 Westland Puma HC.1 XW220/AC, RAF No.72 Squadron 1997 1:72 Scale Due April 2018 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk

Corgi AA27107 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Kurt Gabler Mosquito Hunter 1:72 Scale Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 ‘Red 8’, Kurt Gabler, Mosquito Hunter, III./JG 300, Juterbog-Waldlager, July 1944 The Messerschmitt Bf 109 series of fighters were produced in greater numbers than any other fighter aircraft in history and saw service throughout the entire Second World War. The final K-4 version was the fastest of…

Corgi AA27304 Hawker Fury Mk.I, K2065 RAF No.1 Squadron 1:72 Scale 100 Years of the RAF Hawker Fury Mk.I K2065, RAF No.1 Squadron, ‘C’ Flight Leaders Aircraft, Tangmere Aerodrome, circa 1932 Representing something of a golden era for British aviation, the 1930s saw a rapid expansion of the Royal Air Force and the service introduction of several aircraft types that could claim to be the ultimate bi…

Corgi AA27606 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 Winged Popeye RAF No.17 Sqn 1:72 Scale Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 N2359/YB-J, ‘Winged Popeye’, P.O Leonard Walter Stevens, RAF No.17 Squadron, Debden 1940 Responsible for destroying more enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain than the combined total of the rest of Britain’s defences, the Hawker Hurricane was the workhorse aircraft of Fighter Command’s defiant res…

Corgi AA27607 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6799 RAF No.501 Squadron 1:72 Scale Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6799 / SD-X Pilot Officer K.W Mackenzie, RAF No.501 Squadron, Kenley, October 1940 It is difficult to imagine how the young men of Fighter Command managed to cope with the rigors of aerial combat during the Battle of Britain. Facing overwhelming odds and with the fate of the nation squarely in their han…

Corgi AA28005 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 Wilhelm Balthasar France 1940 1:72 Scale As the savage aerial fighting above the evacuation beaches of Dunkirk was taking a heavy toll on both sides, the airmen of Britain and Germany knew this was just a pre-curser of a more significant battle to come. Having lost valuable fighters during the Battle of France and Operation Dynamo, the RAF knew that they were…

Corgi AA28401 English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS RAF Binbrook 1:48 Scale English Electric/BAC Lightning F.6 XR728/JS, RAF Binbrook Station Commander’s aircraft, liveried as Lightning Training Flight. Now preserved by the Lightning Preservation Group, Bruntingthorpe Airfield Leicestershire. If the Supermarine Spitfire is considered to be Britain’s most famous piston engined fighter, then its d…

Corgi AA28402 English Electric Lightning F.6 RAF No.74 Sq The Tigers 1:48 Scale English Electric Lightning F.6 XS927/N, RAF No.74 Squadron ‘The Tigers’, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1969. When the English Electric Lightning entered RAF service with No.74 Squadron at Coltishall in June 1960, Britain had its first true supersonic interceptor and one of the most potent fighting aeroplanes the world had eve…

Corgi AA31934C Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb AR298 Jens Muller 1:72 Scale Part of 'The Great Escape Collection' In the Spring of 1943 Squadron Leader Robert Bushell conceived a plan for a major escape with his fellow captives from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in the German province of Lower Silesia, now known as Zagan in Poland. The camp was originally an ‘officers only’ camp and held cap…

Corgi AA32625 Avro Lancaster B. Mk.III The Dambusters Raid 1943 1:72 Scale Avro Lancaster B. Mk.III (Special) ED929 / AJ-L, ‘Operation Chastise’, Dams Raid, Flt. Lt. Shannon, RAF No.617 Squadron, Scampton. May 1943Flt. Lt. Shannon, RAF No.617 Squadron, Scampton, May 1943. As one of the most significant bombing raids in the history of warfare, the audacious ‘Dambusters’ raid was the culmination of…

Corgi AA32820 D.H Mosquito B.IV DK296 GB-G RAF No.105 Squadron 1:72 Scale De Havilland Mosquito B.IV DK296 / GB-G Flt. Lt. D A G ‘George’ Parry, RAF No.105 Squadron, Horsham St. Faith, June 1942 As one of the great aircraft of the Second World War, the De Havilland Mosquito can claim to be the world’s first truly effective multi-role aircraft, possessing great speed and being equally adept at perf…

Corgi AA33617 Panavia Tornado GR.4 RAF No.15 Squadron 1:72 Scale Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA461, RAF No.15 Squadron, Lossiemouth, Special Centenary Scheme As we fast approach the Centenary year of the Royal Air Force in 2018, we can expect this significant occasion to attract plenty of media attention and form the basis of a spectacular Airshow year. In advance of these commemorations, a number of ind…

Corgi AA33618 Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA459/F 90th Anniversary Scheme 1:72 Scale Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA459/F ‘MacRoberts Reply’, RAF No.15 Squadron, 90th Anniversary Scheme, Operation Ellamy, 2011 As one of the world’s most capable low-level strike aircraft, able to operate at day or night and in all weather conditions, it is sobering to think that the RAF began operating the Panavia Tornado over 35…

Corgi AA34018 B-24 Liberator Male Call 453rd BG US Air Force 1944 1:72 Scale Often unfairly overshadowed by both the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and later B-29 Superfortress, the distinctive Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the third of America’s heavy bombers used during WWII and has the distinction of being the most heavily produced four-engined bomber in aviation history. Serving in every theatr…

Corgi AA34214 Boeing Chinook HC.4 RAF No.27 Squadron 1:72 Scale Boeing Chinook HC.4 ZA683 RAF No.27 Squadron, ‘Special Centenary Scheme’, RAF Odiham, Hampshire, 2016 As one of the world’s most impressive heavy lift helicopters, the mighty Chinook has become one of the most important aircraft of the modern era and is never too far away from the action, delivering troops and supplies or providing ca…