Welcome to my listing for my 1/72 Scale Corgi Aviation Archive Aces edition North American P51D Mustang  this is AA 49302.

This Special Aces release from Corgi is from the year 2K, the aces range of 6 planes in distinctive “aces” packaging.

This release depicts the mount of Charles “chuck” Yeager USAF “ace” and  the first man to break the sound barrier (recorded).

This Airframe #44-14888  was on strength with the  USAAF 357th Fighter Group, 363rd Fighter Squadron, and named "Glamorous Glen III" after Yeager’s wife.

A superb release with an all over silver scheme  she features the 363rd Fighter Squadron's red and yellow checks on nose with red spinner and rudder, Lower fuselage and wing D Day Stripes make for a smashing scheme with “nose art”  Glamorous Glen III and victory markings on the nose unit & national markings completing the look.

This limited (for the time) release was limited to 6200 models this is certificate number 2337.

Model is 10/10, Aces packaging  is 9+/10 with shelf wear and scuffs on the outer carton surface.

A great addition to the collection,  a superb stocking filler for the collector or a nice Christmas gift? 

Can you afford to let this go to another collector?

Listed at what I consider fair,  I will consider reasonable offers?.

One of a number of Ultra rare, 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.

 

North American P-51D Mustang & the 357th

Designed to meet an RAF requirement for fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-51 Mustang was first flown on October 26th, 1940. This versatile aircraft was capable of escorting bombers on long-range missions, engaging in dogfights, and dropping down to destroy German targets on the ground. At least eight versions of the P-51 were produced, but it was the definitive P-51D that gave the Mustang its classic warbird appearance. Britain and the US both tested the airframe with the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, which gave the aircraft tremendous performance gains. The Truman Senate War Investigating Committee called the Mustang "the most aerodynamically perfect pursuit plane in existence."

The 357th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. The 357th operated P-51 Mustang aircraft as part of the U.S. Eighth Air Force and its members were known unofficially as "The Yoxford Boys" after a village near their base in the UK. Its victory totals in air-to-air combat are the most of any P-51 group in the Eighth Air Force and third among all groups fighting in Europe. The 357th flew 313 combat missions between 11 February 1944 and 25 April 1945. It is officially credited by the U.S. Air Force with having destroyed 595.5 German airplanes in the air and 106.5 on the ground. The 357th existed as a USAAF unit only during World War II and its immediate aftermath.