CORGI AA37904 1/48 SPAD S.XIII, RFC No.23 SQN, WILLIAM FRY, JANUARY 1918

Description: CORGI AA37904 1/48 SPAD S.XIII, RFC No.23 SQN, WILLIAM FRY, JANUARY 1918 - AWAITING STOCKPLEASE READ ME - Item is Awaiting re stock which means we have a certain quantity coming to us from the maker, delivery is enroute, hence there is a extended postage policy in this listing which is only an estimate of delivery. Items could arrive before this point, in which case your order would be dispatched by us quickly with tracking added into eBay, if later when item arrives, again we dispatch quickly with tracking added/mailed to you in eBay.Please feel free to ask us a question in eBay messages on your order, we answer all messages within 24 hours Monday – Friday 9am-6pm (excluding Bank Holidays and Weekends - these times few messages are answered). You will get a reply, but if it is over 24 hours Monday – Friday please feel free to try again as maybe your message never came through to us?The Spad XIII was not widely used by the RFC and the only unit to be fully equipped with the aircraft was No 23 Sqn. It received its first aeroplanes in December 1917 and by mid-February 1918 the sqn was at full strength with 16 Spad XIIIs. Captain William Mayes Fry served in the infantry before transferring to the RFC in December 1915. By the time he joined 23 Sqn late in 1917 he was already a veteran with experience in Morane-Saulnier and Nieuport fighters. On 4th January 1918 he scored his first Spad XIII kill when he downed an Albatros DV and on 23rd January he was flying aircraft B6847 when he shot down another Albatros in flames over the Houthhulst Forest. Fry finished the war with eleven kills and went on to become a wing leader in the post-war RAF. After retiring he returned to wartime service for the duration of WWII from 1939 to 1945. Willy Fry died on 4th August 1992.SPAD S.XIIIDesigned by The French aircraft company Societe pour l'Aviation et ses Derives (SPAD) as a refinement of the highly-successful SPAD S.VII, the SPAD S.XIII was first flown on April 4th, 1917. Essentially a larger version of its predecessor with a more powerful V-8 Hispano-Suiza engine, the SPAD XIII was a strongly-built wood and fabric biplane. It could reach a top speed of 135 mph-making it 10 mph faster than the new German fighters. It carried two Vickers machine guns, each with 400 rounds of ammunition, and the pilot could fire the guns separately or together. Corgi Aviation Archive Collector Series The Corgi "Aviation Archive" range presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. The vast Aviation Archive range has become the standard by which all other diecast airplane ranges are judged. Each Corgi model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight, and has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. Famous airplanes and aviators from both military and commercial airline aviation are all honoured. Corgi "Aviation Archive" diecast airplanes feature: Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.Interchangeable extended/retracted landing gear with rotating wheels.Poseable presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".Many limited editions with numbered certificate of authenticity.Detailed, hand-painted pilot and crew member figures.Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards.Selected interchangeable features such as speed-brakes, opened canopies and access panels.Selected moving parts such as gun turrets, control surfaces and swing-wings.Limited Edition model – certificated 1,100 produced worldwide. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter The Spad XIII was not widely used by the RFC and the only unit to be fully equipped with the aircraft was No 23 Sqn. It received its first aeroplanes in December 1917 and by mid-February 1918 the sqn was at full strength with 16 Spad XIIIs. Captain William Mayes Fry served in the infantry before transferring to the RFC in December 1915. By the time he joined 23 Sqn late in 1917 he was already a veteran with experience in Morane-Saulnier and Nieuport fighters. On 4th January 1918 he scored his first Spad XIII kill when he downed an Albatros DV and on 23rd January he was flying aircraft B6847 when he shot down another Albatros in flames over the Houthhulst Forest. Fry finished the war with eleven kills and went on to become a wing leader in the post-war RAF. After retiring he returned to war

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