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| | Code: CG-WB99609
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Price: $24.99
 | | | Corgi Aviation Archive Warbirds Series WB99609
Avro Lancaster B.Mk III Diecast Model
RAF No.61 Sqn, "Mickey the Moocher", RAF Skellingthorpe, England, 1944| 1:144 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| Avro Lancaster B.Mk III | | 5.75" | | 8.5" |
The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley-Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within RAF Bomber Command. The "Lanc" or "Lankie," as it became affectionately known, became the most famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers, "delivering 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties." Although the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many other roles including daylight precision bombing, and gained worldwide renown as the "Dam Buster" used in the 1943 Operation Chastise raids on Germany's Ruhr Valley dams.
Designed as an improvement of the Manchester—used primarily as a night bomber—the British Avro Lancaster was first flown on January 9th, 1941. With four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, a top speed of 287 mph and a range of 1,660 miles, the Lancaster’s seven-man crew could deliver a knockout punch. This aircraft carried the largest bomb of any in the war and was armed with eight defensive machine guns: two in the nose, two in a top turret and four in a quad assembly tail turret. For dam-busting strikes, the Lancaster dropped “bouncing bombs,” which skipped on the surface before impact. © Copyright 2003-2009 The Flying Mule, Inc.
The Corgi "Warbirds" range presents affordable, ready-made diecast models of military aircraft. Corgi "Warbirds" diecast airplanes feature: - Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Permanently retracted landing gear.
- Presention stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
- No pilot figures.
© Copyright 2003-2009 The Flying Mule, Inc.
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