Code: CG-CS90565 Quantity in Basket: none Status: DEC 2008 PRE-ORDER Click "Add to Basket" to pre-order this item now or Request to be notified when this item is in stock Price: $6.99
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Corgi Showcase Collection CS90565 DeHavilland Mosquito Diecast Model RAF No.627 Sqn, Guy Gibson, RAF Woodhall Spa, England, September 1944, (B.Mk.XX) 1:120 Scale     Length     Width DeHavilland Mosquito     4"     5.5" PLEASE NOTE: This item has a planned release date of December 2008 and is only available for PRE-ORDER at this time. Orders are not shipped until complete. If you wish to receive in-stock items prior to pre-ordered items, you must place separate orders. Release dates are subject to change. Consider them to be estimates as manufacturers frequently revise them. Credit Cards are not billed until time of shipment. Check or PayPal payment (not recommended) is required at time of order. Formed in November 1943 as part of No.8 (PFF) Group, 627 Squadron were detached to No.5 Group, Bomber Command in April 1944 where they specialized in developing highly accurate ‘divebombing’ target-marking techniques, achieving high degrees of accuracy. During 1944-45, 627 Squadron operated by day and night, and their Mosquito aircraft were painted in Day Fighter colours with ‘invasion’ markings after D-Day. Mosquito KB267 was personally selected by the legendary ‘Dam Buster’ Wing Commander Guy Gibson and flown by him on his last operation, as ‘Master Bomber’ to a raid on Rheydt, Germany on 19th September 1944. On the return flight from Rheydt, for reasons which have never been firmly established the Mosquito crashed near the Dutch town of Steenbergen. Gibson and his co-pilot Squadron Leader James Warwick died in the crash and are buried in the town’s cemetery. Although no photographs of KB267 are known to exist, fragments of fuselage discovered at the crash site indicate that it was carrying these full markings. Corgi Showcase Collection The Corgi "Showcase Collection" presents affordable, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. Corgi "Showcase Collection" diecast airplanes feature: Diecast metal construction with some plastic components. Realistic panel lines and surface details. Pad printed markings that won't fade or peel like decals. Poseable stand to display the aircraft "in flight". Moving parts such as propellers, rotors and swing-wings where applicable. Descriptive, collectible data card. [See more Corgi Showcase Collection products] DeHavilland Mosquito Designed as a private venture as a high-altitude, high-speed unarmed bomber, the Mosquito was first flown on November 25th, 1940 [See more DeHavilland Mosquito products]