Corgi 1/72 B25D-1 Crabb 2nd, 345th BG/498th BS, Dobodura, New Guinea, 26th December 1943 (AA35308)

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Corgi 1/72 B25D-1 Crabb 2nd, 345th BG/498th BS, Dobodura, New Guinea, 26th December 1943 (AA35308)

B25D-1 - Crabb 2nd, 345th BG/498th BS, Dobodura, New Guinea, 26th December 1943, model wingspan 280mm

The 345th Medium Bombardment Group, The 'Air Apaches' were widely known in the Southwest Pacific theatre.Their brightly painted parrot or falcon Mitchell B-25 bombers flew at low level, often at tree top height.Converted to gun nosed B-25s with up to 12 forward firing fifty calibre machine guns they were feared by the Japanese. Crabb 2nd is a B-25D-1 of the 498th BS/345th BG out of Dobudora, New Guinea. The plane features a stylized parrot on the nose with white striped tails and the name painted on the right side

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