Welcome to my listing for a rare and desirable Corgi Aviation Archive 1/72 scale Lockheed P38-J Lightning  this is AA36607

A superb and under rated Corgi diecast model of the USAAF Lockheed P38 J Lightning,

This example is Lockheed P-38J "Pat III",

#328258 on strength with USAAF 14th Fighter Group when based at Triolo, Italy, July 1944.

Mount of Col Oliver Taylor, and named after his wife, "Pat III".

Resplendent in an all over silver scheme with olive drap anti glare panels on nose and booms,  she sports French blue spinners, tip of nose and stripes on the twin tails. she sports Col Taylors Barber’s victory markings on the nose as well as name “Pat III”..  She also sports US markings.

Part of the world wide limited release of just 1210 planes this is certificate number 0141

Model Is New 10/10, However:

Box is 6/10 (water creases, slight delamination of the plastic cover on  top of carton, I Bought this with a water damaged box, never displayed just stored, all accessories included and never removed from its packaging other than to check the damage did not extend to the model. 

 I will consider reasonable offers & if buyer prefers I will open and provide further images to show the model is 100% as described New in box (which is as descriped and as shown in images).

One of a number of Rare,  limited or interesting releases I'm putting up for sale over the next few days. I will happily combine postage, answer questions or provide additional images International offers welcomed, the E-Bay system used but I can and will quote for other methods if it suits.

Lockheed P-38J Lightning

Designed to meet a USAAC requirement for a high-performance fighter, the P-38 Lightning was first flown on January 27th, 1939. The easily recognizable P-38 had twin-booms, twin turbo-supercharged engines, a central pod for the pilot, contra-rotating propellers and tricycle landing gear. Its roles included dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing and photo reconnaissance. When equipped with drop tanks it was also flown as a long-range escort fighter. The Lightning's armament was clustered in the nose of the plane, which gave the pilot a direct line of site to the target and also gave the weapons a "buzz saw" effect that was useful for strafing..

Col. Taylor kept his P-38J with the 49th FS during his time as CO of the 14th FG. There is no record that he scored any victories in this particular fighter. Taylor was struck down with polio and transferred out of the group on July 17. His command was transferred to Col. Daniel Campbell.