This listing is for a new Corgi Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk US Army, Operation Gothic Serpent "Super Six One", Mogadishu, Blackhawk Down, 1993. "Super Six One" call sign "Velvet Elvis" carried Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) Cliff "Elvis" Wolcott and Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW 2) Donovan "Bull" Briley. Both pilots were killed on impact. This model was released in 2014 with only 900 pieces distributed worldwide.


Outer box has some shelves ware and small dents at the corners

Scale: 1:72            Length: 8.25"                Rotor Span: 9"


In August 1993 the Joint Special Operations Command of the United States launched Operation Gothic Serpent. This was an initiative designed to remove warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid from power in Mogadishu. A raid to arrest two of his senior advisors was launched on the 3rd October. However, the raid was to go down in history as a failure. Not only did Aidid escape but the American troops became surrounded in the city, casualties were taken and two UH-60L Blackhawks were lost.

The mission was led by elements of the American Rangers and Delta Force, with some traveling into the city via armored vehicles, while others were dropped from helicopters. The first UH60 to be lost was Super Six One, which was hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade, and resulted in it crashing killing both pilots and left the crew severely wounded. The scene needed to be secured by two surviving Delta Force snipers.

While the rescue was being organized, a second UH60 was hit by an RPG. Super Six Four crashed shortly after 4pm with the pilot Michael Durant being injured but conscious, the rest of his crew were also severely injured. Two Delta Force snipers were then inserted to provide cover, holding off the baying Somali mob for over twenty minutes before being killed. For their actions, MSG Gordon and SFC Shughart were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the first to be awarded since the Vietnam War. Durant was then badly beaten by the mob before being captured by Aidid’s militia.

By 6:30am the next morning the battle was over, UN forces with American assistance had rescued all of the besieged US troops, with only Durant remaining in captivity. He was released 11 days later. The action was a painful lesson for the United States, suffering a total of 18 men killed.

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Designed as a better-performing, more reliable replacement for the UH-1 Huey, the UH-60 Black Hawk was first flown on November 29, 1974. The Black Hawk was one of the first aircraft to use the General Electric T700, a common turbine engine designed for use in multiple Army helicopters. This four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift aircraft has a low-profile shape so that it can be transported aboard the C-130 Hercules. It also has greater survivability than the helicopter it replaced, with advanced avionics and electronics such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). The Black Hawk also serves as Marine One when transporting the President of the United States.

Corgi "Aviation Archive" die-cast airplanes feature:

  • Die-cast metal construction with some plastic components
  • Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details
  • Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals
  • Interchangeable extended/retracted landing gear with rotating wheels
  • Pose-able presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight"
  • Many limited editions with numbered certificate of authenticity
  • Detailed, hand-painted pilot and crew member figures
  • Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards
  • Selected interchangeable features such as speed-brakes, opened canopies and access panels
  • Selected moving parts such as gun turrets, control surfaces and swing-wings