British Airways Ltdwas a private airline company operating in Europe in the 1930's.It was first formed as Allied British Airways in October,1935 by the merger of Spartan Air Lines and United Airways.It rapidly acquired Hillman's Airways, adopted itsdefinitive name and transferred its UK base to the new Gatwick Airport.Its corporate emblem was the winged lion, initially equipped with a mixture of aircraft including thre Junkers?? Ju52's and De Havilland Express it rapidly expanded and established services to Paris, Lille, Cologne, Amsterdam, Hannover, Hamburg, Copenhagen Malmo and Stockholm

Model wingspan 406mm,

The British Westland Lysander was a slow-flying high-wing two seat monoplane, lightly armed, and designed pre-war to cooperate with ground forces. No.225 Squadron??was reformed on the 11th October 1939??from No..614A Squadron. Its Lysanders were mainly used in Army excersises except for some coastal patrols conducted from June 1940. They were easy targets for German fighters and suffered heavy losses in France and Belgium. They were soon relegated to second line duties where the STOL capabilities of the aircraft was used to their full potential

Model wingspan 215mm,

Xlll formed at Gosport on the10th January 1915 and operated from France.The inter war years saw the squadron operate a variety of aircraft.In the autumn of 1939 the squadron was equipped with Lysanders and operated in France until May 1940 when the squadron changed role and theatre.The following year was spent on anti-submarine and anti-invasion patrols before Blenheims arrived and the Squadron returned to army co-operation duties

Model wingspan 215mm,

An excellent fully detailed diecast model of the Wetsland Lysander V9673, a restored example based at Duxford, home of the Imperial War Museums' aircraft collection???and many privately owned historic warbirds???supported by professional restoration facilities.

The paint scheme chosen for V9673 represents 161 Squadron, a special duties squadron operating in support of the Special Operations Executive and their agents in occupied Europe.

The prototype for the "Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Mark l??" with the tailcode "W4051" (PR.l) performed its first flight on 10th June 1941.The PR.l looked like a Mosquito bomber variant, as it retained the glass nose and bombbay doors, but it included five camera ports.There was a port for an F24 oblique camera behind and below the wings and twin ports for an F52 stereo camera pair behind the bom-bay doors.There was a port in front of each bomb-bay doors, with the bomb-bay accommodating either an F24 stereo camera pair or a single K17 camera

Model wingspan 230mm.

Probably no other aircraft in history has been developed in so many quite different forms for so many purposes except perhaps the Mosquito.The first Ju88's were transformed into the heavier slower and more capacious A-1 bombers which were just entwering service as WW ll began.The formidable bomb load and generally good performance were offset by inadequate defensive armament, and in the A-4 the span was increased, the bomb load and gun power substantially augmented and a basis laid for diverse further development

Model wingspan 272mm,

Constituted as 340th Bombardment Group on 10th August 1942 and activated on 20th August, they trained with B-52's for duties overseas, arriving in the Mediterranean theatre in March 1943.They were engaged chiefly in support and interdictory misions, but sometimes bombed strategic objectives.Targets included airfields, railroads, bridges, road junctions

wingspan 280mm,

The first B-17 Flying Fortress to be based in Australia were 14 early model Flying Fortress's of the 19th Bomb Group which had been evacuated from Del Monte air field in the Phillipines.They began arriving at Batchelor airfield in the Northern Territory on 17th December 1941.By New Years Day 1942, eleven B-17's flew to a new base at Malang in Java.Their main target then was Japanese shipping.These B-17's were reinforced in January 1942 by some LB-30 Liberators and some new B-17E's of the 7th Bomber Group

Model wingspan 435mm,

The first B-17 Flying Fortress to be based in Australia were 14 early model Flying Fortress's of the 19th Bomb Group which had been evacuated from Del Monte air field in the Phillipines.They began arriving at Batchelor airfield in the Northern Territory on 17th December 1941.By New Years Day 1942, eleven B-17's flew to a new base at Malang in Java.Their main target then was Japanese shipping.These B-17's were reinforced in January 1942 by some LB-30 Liberators and some new B-17E's of the 7th Bomber Group

Model wingspan 435mm,

??The British Westland Lysander was a slow-flying high-wing two seat monoplane, lightly armed, and designed pre-war to cooperate with ground forces. No.225 Squadron??was reformed on the 11th October 1939??from No..614A Squadron. Its Lysanders were mainly used in Army excersises except for some coastal patrols conducted from June 1940. They were easy targets for German fighters and suffered heavy losses in France and Belgium. They were soon relegated to second line duties where the STOL capabilities of the aircraft was used to their full potential

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Limited production 2,001 worldwide

A new version of the Halifax detailed as the preserved example, Friday the 13th.

Model wingspan 418mm

Model Wingspan 188mm

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Model Wingspan 440mm

Vickers Wellington MkVlll - HX379 : WN-A, No.172 Squadron, Coastal Command , late 1942, model??wingspan 360mm

Model in the Meditterain Theatre of Operations this model of a Westland Lysander Mk.1.L6877/JV-W of No.6 Squadron RAF was based in Palestine 1940 and??has a wingspan 215mm

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Junkers Ju88A-5 - 5./KG30 , 'Alder Geschwader' Finland 1941-42, model??wingspan 272mm

Westland Lysander Mk.ll, No.225 Sqn, RAF France 1940, model??wingspan 215mm

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Due Week Commencing 20/10/08

Constituted as 316th transport Group on 2nd Feb.1942 and activated on 14th Feb. then Redesignated 316th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942.Trained with C-47 and C-53 aircraft and moved to the Mediterranean theatre then assigned to Ninth AF. They transported supplies and evacuated casualties in support of the Allies drive across North Africa.In May 1943 they began training for the invasion of Sicily.They received the DUC for carrying reinforcements to Sicily and received another DUC for supporting aerial and ground operations in Egypt. Model wingspan 199mm.

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