Corgi 1:48 AA37702 S.E.5a RFC No.60 Sqn, Billy Bishop, Summer 1917 |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Scale: 1:48 |
Length: 5.25" |
Width: 6.75" |
Composition: Diecast |
SKU: CG-AA37702 |
** ONLY ONE LEFT! THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION. **
Royal Flying Corps, No. 60 Squadron, Summer 1917 - The Royal Flying Corps top-scoring ace was Billy Bishop, a Canadian who scored 72 victories. Awarded the Victorian Cross, he was the first pilot to surpass the record of British ace Albert Ball. McCudden, Ball, Bishop, Mannock and many other British aces found the S.E.5a was, at last, the aircraft they could fight on equal terms with against the German Albatross. Soon after they were delivered, Lieutenant A.P.F. Rhys Davids, flying with No. 5 Squadron, brought down Werner Voss, von Richthofen's famous number two. Although just a single victory, it was an enormous boost to Allied morale and an early scalp for the S.E.5a, which, despite its rugged, almost over-simple appearance, was destined to become one of the most successful British aircraft of WWI.