Brand: Corgi
Model: AA37708,
SE5a F-904, Major C E M Pickthorn MC, RAF No.84 Squadron, France, Novermber
1918
Material:
Diecast
Type:
Military Aircraft
Scale:
1/48
Length: 13.3cm, Wingspan:16.9cm, Height:6cm
[Stock Available. Original, Brand new and
unused]
Features:
- Limited Edition
- Detailed Crew Figures
- Fine Rigging Detail
- Fixed Undercarriage
- Aviation Armament/Weapons
- Rotatable Propeller(s)/Rotor(s)
- Wood Grain Effect Propeller
- Display Stand included
- Individually numbered certificate
- Highly detailed superior graphics
- No painting required
Background:
As one of the classic fighter aircraft of the First World War, the fast and
agile SE5a helped the Allied air forces wrestle control of the air over the
Western Front from the Luftstreitkrafte in 1917 and in conjunction with the
Sopwith Camel, ensured they maintained air superiority for the remainder of the
war. A product of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, early SE5 fighters
were blighted by persistent engine problems, which resulted in their squadron
introduction being rather slow and it would consequently be well into 1918
before large numbers could be committed to combat.
The particular aircraft featured here claimed one of the final aerial victories
of the war, when it shot down a German Fokker DVII fighter just one day before
the armistice came into effect. It must also be considered one of the most
historic aircraft in the history of the Royal Air Force, as it continues to fly
in the colours it wore during that final combat to this day, as part of the
famous Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden airfield.
Major Charles Edward Murray Pickthorn MC (20 September 1896 – 3 March 1938) was
a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. His
fourth victory resulted in the death of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia.
On 8 November 1918, Pickthorn took command of No. 84 Squadron. Two days later,
flying a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, serial number F904, he destroyed a
Fokker D.VII east of Mutagne. The following day, 11 November, the armistice
came into effect, ending the fighting. Pickthorn's S.E.5a eventually became
part of the Shuttleworth Collection based at Old Warden Aerodrome,
Bedfordshire, where it remains in flyable condition.
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