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Israeli Air Force North American P-51D Mustang Fighter - 105 Squadron "Scorpion", Suez Campaign, 1956 (1:48 Scale)
Israeli Air Force North American P-51D Mustang Fighter - 105 Squadron "Scorpion", Suez Campaign, 1956

Hobby Master Israeli Air Force North American P-51D Mustang Fighter - 105 Squadron "Scorpion", Suez Campaign, 1956




 
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Hobby Master HA7709 Israeli Air Force North American P-51D Mustang Fighter - 105 Squadron "Scorpion", Suez Campaign, 1956 (1:48 Scale) "The one thing I cannot forgive the Arabs for is that they forced our sons to kill their sons."
- Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir

No other aircraft of WWII could fly as high, go as far, or fight as hard as the famed Mustang. Piloted by a record 281 Aces, this agile and ferocious dogfighter tallied more kills than any other Allied airplane. As the bombers of the Eighth Air Force fought their way deep into Hitler's Germany, it was the Mustang that cleared the skies of Luftwaffe fighters. The powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin engine gave the Mustang a speed of 445 mph. Re-styled with an aerodynamic bubble canopy for greater visibility, and outfitted with 6 fast-firing .50 caliber machine guns, the P-51 became the best fighter of the war.

Pictured here is a 1:48 scale replica of an Israeli Air Force North American P-51D Mustang fighter that was attached to the Israeli 105 Squadron "Scorpion", then participating in the Suez Campaign during 1956. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 8-1/2-inches
Length: 7-1/2-inches

Release Date: August 2013

Historical Account: "Cutting Communications" - A few P-51 Mustangs were illegally bought by Israel in 1948, crated and smuggled into the country as agricultural equipment for use in the War of Independence (1948) and quickly established themselves as the best fighter in the Israeli inventory. Further aircraft were bought from Sweden, and were replaced by jets at the end of the 1950s, but not before the type was used in the Suez Crisis, Operation Kadesh (1956). Reputedly, during this conflict, one daring Israeli pilot literally cut communications between Suez City and the Egyptian front lines by using his Mustang's propeller on the telephone wires.

Features
  • Diecast construction
  • Landing gear can be displayed in flight or in landed position
  • Plexiglass canopy
  • Accurate markings and insignia
  • COmes with display stand

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