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New to pre-order Corgi AA29105 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH487, Sqn Ldr Donald Smith, RAAF No.453 Sqn, June 1944 Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £59.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Learning to fly in his native Australia, Donald Hamilton Smith was posted to an operational RAF squadron following the successful completion of his RAF service conversion in late 1941, and would later spend time flying in defence of Malta. He would be the recipient of an unusual award whilst on the island, as... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA33911 Spitfire Mk.I, R6775 / YT-J, Flying Officer Jeffrey Quill, No.65 Sqn, RAF Hornchurch, BOB August 1940 Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:32 scale model are being taken at £139.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. When it comes to the subject of people who became inextricably linked to the legacy and ongoing development of the Supermarine Spitfire, few could claim to have been as influential as Vickers test pilot Jeffrey Quill. Commissioned in the RAF in 1931, Quill joined Vickers as a test pilot... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA35316 Mitchell Mark III, HD372 ‘VO-B’ “Grumpy”, RAF No.98 Sqn, Dunsfold, June 1944 Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £84.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Some of the hardest working aircraft in RAF service during the Second World War, the Mitchells of 139 Wing, Second Tactical Air Force were amongst the first strike units to transfer to forward operating bases in France and Belgium following D-Day advances, as these rugged and capable bombers continued to fly close air... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA35510 Hurricane MkI, P3966, Pilot Officer J.A. ‘Paddy’ Hemmingway, RAF No. 85 Sqn, Croydon, Surrey, 26th August 1940. ‘The Last of the Few’ Model Plane. This 1:32 scale model is priced at £139.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. A man who came to represent the professionalism and devotion to duty shown by Churchill’s famous ‘Few’ during the summer of 1940, Irishman John ‘Paddy’ Hemmingway joined the Royal Air Force in March 1938 and by the outbreak of the Second World War, was flying Hawker... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA34020 B-24D Liberator, 41-11825, ‘Hail Columbia’, Col. John R. Kane, 343th BS, 98th BG, ‘Operation Tidal Wave’ August 1 1943, Medal of Honor winning action Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £176.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. One of the lead pilots within a mighty force of 177 B-24 Liberator bombers sent to attack the oil production facilities at Ploie?ti, Col John ‘Killer’ Kane had recently requested the return of his personal aircraft ‘Hail Columbia’ in advance of... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA36213 Gloster Gladiator MkII – N5752/NW/G – Fl. Off. Alan Boyd Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £59.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Although the Gloster Gladiator represented the very pinnacle of fighter capability on entering Royal Air Force service at the beginning of 1937, the pace of aviation development at that time dictated that it would be considered essentially obsolete with the arrival of the eight-gun Hawker Hurricane later that same year. By the start of the... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA33323 B-17G Flying Fortress, 44-85784 / G-BEDF, ‘Sally B’, B-17 Preservation Ltd, Based at Imperial War Museum Duxford Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £184.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. When it comes to aircraft stalwarts of the UK Airshow scene, one magnificent machine stands head and shoulders above all others, an aircraft which made its first display appearance over 50 years ago, and is still thrilling crowds to this day. Incredibly, this aircraft doesn’t benefit from any... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi AA34607 De Havilland Mosquito FB VI – RL249 / YP-E (G-FBVI) (The People’s Mosquito) Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:32 scale model are being taken at £214.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Since the tragic loss of RR299 at Barton airfield on 21st July 1996, Britain has been without the iconic sight of a de Havilland Mosquito displaying on the Airshow circuit, an aircraft which is still colloquially referred to as the ‘Wooden Wonder’, and arguably the finest multi role combat aircraft ever conceived.... Read More

New to pre-order CORGI Die-Cast AA29304 BAe Harrier GR9A – ZG478 – RAF No.41 (R) Sqn Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:48 scale model are being taken at £157.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK.