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Royal Flying Corps Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Fighter - Edward 'Mick' Mannock, No.74 Squadron, 1918 (1:48 Scale)
Royal Flying Corps Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Fighter - Edward Mick Mannock, No.74 Squadron, 1918

Corgi Royal Flying Corps Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Fighter - Edward 'Mick' Mannock, No.74 Squadron, 1918




 
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Corgi AA37704 Royal Flying Corps Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Fighter - Edward 'Mick' Mannock, No.74 Squadron, 1918 (1:48 Scale) "I was only ten yards away from him - on top so I couldn't miss. A beautifully coloured insect he was - red, blue, green, and yellow. I let him have 60 rounds, so there wasn't much left of him."
- Edward 'Mick' Mannock coldly describing one of his aerial kills

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Like the Hurricane compared to the Spitfire in the Second World War, the S.E.5 was not as glamorous as the Sopwith Camel, nor did it achieve the same iconic status, but it was one of the most important and influential aircraft of the war. The S.E.5 was instrumental in ensuring that the period of German dominance known as Bloody April 1917 was not repeated.

The S.E.5 (Scout Experimental 5) was designed by Henry P. Folland and J. Kenworthy of the Royal Aircraft Factory in Farnborough. It was built around the new 150-hp (112 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8a V8 engine which, while it provided excellent performance, was under-developed and unreliable. The first of three prototypes flew on 22 November 1916. The first two prototypes were lost in crashes and the third underwent modification before production commenced.

Only 77 original S.E.5s were built before the improved S.E.5a model took over. In total 5,205 S.E.5s were built by six manufacturers including Austin Motors and Vickers. A few were converted as two-seat trainers and there were plans for Curtiss to build 1000 S.E.5s in the United States but only one was completed before the end of the war.

Pictured here is a 1:48 scale replica of a S.E.5a night fighter piloted by Edward 'Mick' Mannock. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 5-1/4-inches
Wingspan: 6-3/4-inches

Release Date: December 2008

Historical Account: "Flyboys" - The Royal Flying Corps' top-scoring WWI ace was Billy Bishop, a Canadian who scored 72 victories. Awarded the Victoria Cross, he was the first pilot to surpass the record of British ace Albert Ball. McCuden, Ball, Bishop, Mannock and many other British acesfound the S.E.5a was, at last, the aircraft they could fight fight on equal terms with the German Albatros. Soon after they were delivered, Lieutenant A. P. F. Rhhs Davids, flying with No. 5 Squadron, brought down Werner Voss, von Richtofen'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, despits its rugged almost over-simple appearance, was destined to become one of the most succssful British aircraft of WWI.

Features
  • Diecast construction
  • Spinning propeller
  • Comes with display stand
  • Accurate markings and insignia

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