UP FOR SALE IS A BRAND NEW IN BOX CORGI 1/72 DIECAST MODEL TO COMMEMORATE THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAMBUSTER RAID IN 2013 OF AVRO LANCASTER B MK.III (SPECIAL) ED925 "AJ M" M FOR MOTHER RAF 617 SQD DAMBUSTERS RAF SCAMPTON OPERATION CHASTISE 16TH - 17TH MAY 1943 FLOWN BY FLT. LT. JOHN VERE HOPGOOD DFC KIA 17TH MAY 1943 LIMITED EDITION NO. 827 OF ONLY 1000 MADE BIG BEAUTIFUL 1/72 SCALE MODEL OF THE SPECIAL VERSION OF THE LANCASTER BUILT FOR THE FAMOUS DAMBUSTER RAID IN 1943. DESIGNED TO CARRY THE "UPKEEP" BOUNCING BOMB/MINE TO ATTACK GERMAN DAMS. THIS LANCASTER "M MOTHER" WAS DAMAGED BY FLAK ON THE WAY TO THE MOHNE DAM BUT CONTINUED TO THE TARGET AND WHILE ON ITS BOMB RUN CAME UNDER INTENSE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AND DROPPED ITS BOMB TOO LATE, IT WENT OVER THE DAM AND DESTROYED A POWER PLANT. DAMAGED AND ON FIRE AS IT LEFT THE DAM, THREE CREW MANAGED TO BALE OUT, TWO SURVIVING THE DROP, BUT THE PILOT AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS DIED IN THE CRASH. INCLUDES STAND. VERY IMPRESSIVE MODEL OF THIS DAMBUSTER LANCASTER TO MARK THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAID. AMAZING DETAIL. NEW AND MINT IN ORIGINAL BOX NEVER REMOVED OR DISPLAYED NOW RARE AND HARD TO FIND NEW IN BOX. WILL BE WELL PACKED FOR SHIPPING PICK UP AVAILABLE IN ADELAIDE. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS EUROPEAN AND UK BUYERS PLEASE BE AWARE V.A.T. WILL BE PAYABLE EITHER AT TIME OF PURCHASE OR BEFORE DELIVERY. U.S. BUYERS BE AWARE OF IMPORT TARIFF TO BE ADDED TO SHIPPING COST. |