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| HA7807 | Corgi | Spitfire Mk.VA - 616 Sqn RAF, Douglas Bader (850 ONLY) 1/48 | £ 0.00 |
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| Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7807 is this superb 1/48 scale model of Spitfire Mk.VA flown by Wing Commander Douglas Bader of 616 Sqn RAF, based at RAF Tangmere, England in March-August 1941. Only 850 produced. PLEASE NOTE: Some people feel that the actual aircraft had Lord Lloyd I markings and some people don't. Some people feel it had Hitler getting the boot from the 242 Squadron with a green background some without a background. Some people feel this marking wasn't on the actual aircraft at all so Hobby Master has given everyone a chance to mark it the way they like by supplying the optional decals. Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was born in 1910, joined the RAF in 1928 as an Officer Cadet, he was commissioned as a pilot on July 26, 1930 into No. 23 Squadron. While performing low level aerobatics his aircraft crashed resulting in the loss of both legs. With a new pair of artificial legs he managed to regain most of his abilities including flying and in 1939 with the onset of WWII he was allowed to rejoin the RAF No. 19 Squadron. His next unit was No. 222 Squadron and then at the end of June 1940 he was posted as Squadron Leader with No. 242 Canadian Squadron. During the Battle of Britain Bader flew Hawker Hurricanes. In 1941 he was promoted to Wing Commander and began flying Spitfires. Bader flew a Va variant while others flew the Vb variant because he felt the 8 .303 machine guns on the Va were more effective. On August 9, 1941 while flying W3185 “D-B” Bader had to bail out over France and lost his right artificial leg. General Adolf Galland treated him with respect and assured the RAF that it would be safe for a new replacement leg to be parachuted into France. He spent 4 years as a POW and after a couple of escape attempts he was transferred to the “escape proof” Colditz Castle on 18 August 1942 where he remained until the 15 April 1945. He is credited with 22 kills and 6 probables. Douglas Bader died from a heart attack in 1982 at age 72. Among his many awards he was knighted in 1976. The Spitfire V was supposed to be an interim fighter based on the Spitfire Mk. I. The aircraft was given a larger Merlin engine so it could perform with the Bf-109s. The Mk.V had metal ailerons that improved the handling characteristics dramatically and continued to use the Type A wing with 8 × .303" Browning machine guns. The oil cooler was revised to eliminate over heating. Of the 6,479 Spitfires produced in all variants only 94 Va variants were made. |
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