Details: Kittyhawk Mk IV - 4 SU, RNZAF, 1944 (1/72 Scale)

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HA5506	Corgi	Kittyhawk Mk IV - 4 SU, RNZAF, 1944 (1/72 Scale)	£ 0.00
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	Hobby Master 1:72 HA5506: Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV in the superb livery of No.4 Servicing Unit, NZ3220 Gloria Lyons, RNZAF, Solomon Islands, 1944. RRP £50 "Gloria Lyons" adorned four different New Zealand Air Force aircraft. The first three were P-40 Kittyhawks and the fourth was an F4U-1A. Gloria Lyons was a nineteen year old New Zealand girl with tuberculosis and pen pals with members of the No. 4 Servicing Unit in the Solomon Islands. The unit decided to make her their mascot and added her name to the engine cowling. The first two P-40s as well as the F4U-1A were destroyed but the third P-40N, NZ3220 survived the war. The real Gloria Lyons overcame her tuberculosis. Designed to meet a USAAC requirement for a pursuit aircraft, the P-40 Warhawk was first flown on October 14th, 1938. This aircraft was tough, virtually trouble-free and saw continual improvements to arms, armor and engines. The P-40 served in numerous combat areas; often outclassed by its adversaries in speed, maneuverability and rate of climb, it earned a reputation for extreme ruggedness. Its strong construction, heavy firepower, and ability to dive enabled it to compete with enemy fighters, and it was a formidable ground-attack aircraft. P-40s were also flown by the famed Flying Tigers against the Japanese in China.

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