P-51 Mustang III

Eugeniusz Dziubek Horbaczewski

28/9/1917 - 18/8/1944 

He was a Polish fighter pilot who joined the RAF after arriving in Britain in June 1940. 

On February 16, 1944 Horbaczewski took command of the Polish No.315 Squadron, flying the new P-51 Mustang Mk III. 

He is credited with 16.5 confirmed kills and he also shot down at least four V1 'doodlebug' flying bombs.

Focke Wolf 190 A-4

Walter Nowotny

In 1943 with the introduction of this aircraft "Nowi" shot down Soviet planes at an unprecedented rate, often averaging more than two planes a day for weeks on end.  He scored his 75th victory in March and his 100th in June — shooting down forty-one aircraft that month. 

On 14 October 1943, Nowotny became the first pilot ever to reach 250 victories.

Corgi model WB99605  1:72 Scale

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Republic P47D Thunderbolt

Colonel David Schilling - Dec 1944

Schilling arrived in England in January 1943 as commander of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, and began combat missions in April, flying the P-47 Thunderbolt and recording his first kill on October 2nd, 1943.  

In his time in Britain, he became the sixth-leading ace of the 8th Air Force, with 22 and a half kills against the Luftwaffe.  On December 23, 1944,  he shot down five German fighters to become one of the 38 Army Air Force "Ace-in-a-Day" pilots. 

Schilling flew 132 combat missions in two combat tours.

Corgi model WB99607  1:72 Scale

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Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk 1A

Flt. Lt. Les Jackson - April 1942

At 11.15 am, 28 April 1942, Jackson led five Kittyhawks, of the Royal Australian Air Force, to intercept a superior force of Japanese bombers and fighters north of Port Moresby.  Jackson died fighting the Zeke escort that had the advantage of height over the slow climbing Kittyhawks. 

Jackson’s aircraft was seen to crash on Mount Lawes.  When the crash site was located, the engine was found embedded two metres into the ground from the force of the impact.

Corgi model WB99610  1:72 Scale

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Messerschmitt ME262A-1A

Oberleutnant Heinz Bär

Heinz Bär is the 8th ranking air 'Ace' of all time.  This model like his aircraft is numbered 'Lucky 13' in red.  He achieved 16 of his aerial victories while he flew the ME262A.

Bär reached the rank of Major, shooting down 221 enemy aircraft in 1000+ flown missions. 

Corgi model WB99613  1:72 Scale

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