This listing is for a new Corgi German Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 'Gustav' Fighter "Yellow 1", Oberleutnant Hermann Graft, Staffelkapitan 9./Jagdgeschwader 52, Pitomnik, Russia, September 1942. This model was released in 2013 with only 1,800 pieces distributed world wide. Outer box has some shelves ware due to long time in storage.

Scale: 1/72              Length: 5.0"           Width: 5.5"

This particular Bf 109G-2 was the mount of Oberleutnant Hermann Graf, the first pilot ever to accumulate over 200 kills. Graf flew both on the Western and Eastern fronts. He scored his first victory on 4th August 1941 and by January 1942 his score had gone up to 45, increasing to 172 by early September. His 200th victory, commemorated on this machine, came on 26th September 1942. This meteoric rise however signalled the end of intensive combat operations for Graf. Being a national hero he was moved, first to training units and then to operations against Allied bombers.

Messerschmitt Bf 109G
Designed to meet a Luftwaffe need for a single-seat fighter/interceptor, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was first flown on May 28th, 1935. Its all-metal construction, closed canopy and retractable gear made the Bf 109 one of the first true modern fighters of WWII. This versatile aircraft served in many roles and was the most produced aircraft of the war and the backbone of the Luftwaffe, and was flown by Germany's top three aces, who claimed a total of 928 victories between them. Armed with two cannons and two machine guns, the Bf 109's design underwent constant revisions, which allowed it to remain competitive until the end of the war.

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