LT. G.B. QUISENBERRY'S DOUGLAS C-47D "JIMINY CRICKET"
WORLD WAR II NIGHT MISSIONS
Available: DEC 2007
As early as 1940, American strategists had an interest in night flying. Many night fighters were converted from earlier heavy fighter designs and some from bombers. This role typically required the use of radar and airdrome beacons, as well as direction finders to find the airbase at night and various communications equipment and lightning inside the cockpit. During World War II, the Luftwaffe also experimented with single-engine planes in this role, which they referred to as Wilde Sau (wild boar).
Info: Douglas C-47D - "Jiminey
Cricket," Lt. G.B. Quisenberry, 36 TCS/316 TCG, Enfidaville, Tunisia, 1943
Scale: 1:144
Wingspan: 8 inches
Item Number: AA30015 Price: $35.95
Historical Note: "Jiminey Cricket" is depicted as it flew for the Sicily operation in improvised night camouflage. It was one of the original 52 C-47s that deployed to Egypt with the 316thTCG in December 1942.