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 AA27108 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/U2 White 16 Lt. Horst Prenzel July 1944 1:72 Scale Due June 2019 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk The opportunity to capture and evaluate the latest versions of your enemy�s aircraft was of great interest to both Allied and Axis military planners throughout WWII, not only in order to asses the technology itself, but also to d…

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 AA27901 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 - XT864/007R, No.892 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Ark Royal, November 1978 1:48 Scale Although the history of British aviation can boast many famous aeroplanes amongst its ranks, there can be few that were as visually striking as the mighty Phantom FG.1s of the Royal Navy, which operated from the diminutive deck of HMS Ark Royal. In the second…

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 AA28601 Bristol Beaufighter TF.X - NE829/PL-J, RAF No.144 Squadron, Banff Strike Wing, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, October 1944 1:72 Scale Due July 2019 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk As one of the most capable twin engined aircraft of WWII, the Bristol Beaufighter was originally developed as a heavy fighter variant of the company�s Beaufort bomber, already…

Corgi AA28701 Fokker E.II Eindecker 69/15 FFA 53, Monthois 1:48 Scale Due November 2019 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk Few aeroplanes have had such a dramatic impact on the history of aerial warfare as the Fokker Eindecker series of monoplanes, aircraft which are regarded as the first true fighter aircraft in the history of aviation. It was not that these sing…

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 AA32518 Junkers Ju87B-2 Stuka J9+BL, Luftwaffe 9./StG.1, St. Pol France November 1940 1:72 Scale Due October 2019 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk Describing the Junkers Ju87 Stuka as one of the most famous aircraft of WWII would certainly be accurate, although it could be argued that the word infamous would be more appropriate - the Stuka was without doub…

Corgi AA33318 Boeing B-17G-40-DL Flying Fortress - 44-6009/WF-J �Flak Eater�, 364th BS, 305th BG, US Eighth Air Force, Chelveston, August 1944 1:72 Scale Due April 2019 To Pre-Order: Call on 01697342557 Email on info@jacksonsmodels.co.uk From the perspective of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the sight of hundreds of American Flying Fortresses in formation and heading towards them must have been magnif…