Corgi 1/72 Fairey Swordfish MkI L2742 81 NAS HMS Courageous 1937 with Wheels (AA36310B)

The Swordfish was equally at home on wheels or floats which were easily interchanged, even on the flight deck of a warship. When operated with floats the aircraft would be recovered after flight by use of a flight deck crane. When operated from capital ships the catapult was used for launching and recovery was again by means of the ship's crane.

'529' was taken on strength by 810 squadron aboard HMS Courageous in December 1937. It was operated in both wheel and float configuration. Later it served with 701 Catapult Flight operating on exercises with capital warships such as HMS Hood, Barham and Valliant. The unit also had a land base at Kalafrana Bay, Malta. During this time FAA aircraft were flown mainly by RAF pilots and serviced by RAF grew crews aboard ship. The Royal Navy provided the Observers and TAGs (Telegraphist Air Gunners). This practice continued into the early years of World War Two.

Corgi 1/72 Fairey Swordfish MkI L2742 81 NAS HMS Courageous 1937 with Floats (AA36310A)

The Swordfish was equally at home on wheels or floats which were easily interchanged, even on the flight deck of a warship. When operated with floats the aircraft would be recovered after flight by use of a flight deck crane. When operated from capital ships the catapult was used for launching and recovery was again by means of the ship's crane.

'529' was taken on strength by 810 squadron aboard HMS Courageous in December 1937. It was operated in both wheel and float configuration. Later it served with 701 Catapult Flight operating on exercises with capital warships such as HMS Hood, Barham and Valliant. The unit also had a land base at Kalafrana Bay, Malta. During this time FAA aircraft were flown mainly by RAF pilots and serviced by RAF grew crews aboard ship. The Royal Navy provided the Observers and TAGs (Telegraphist Air Gunners). This practice continued into the early years of World War Two.

Corgi 1/72 Westland Puma HC Mk.1 XW219 230 Sqn RAF Benson, November 2009 (AA27001)

Corgi 1/144 Avro Vulcan B.2 XM598 50Sqn Wideawake Air Base Ascension Island Falklands 30th Anniversary (AA31209)

Corgi 1/72 Lancaster Bomber B Mk1 LM220 RAF 9 Sqn Getting Younger Everyday Bomber Model (AA32618)

Corgi 1/32 DH Mosquito FBV1 HX922 EG-F RAF 487 Sqn Grp Capt Pickard Amiens Raid (AA34604)

A superb large scale die-cast metal model of the famous DeHaviland Mosquito, the wooden wonder! Due to an highly advanced aerodynamic design the Mosquito medium bomber proved capable of fighter class speed and manouverability, outclassing many early WW2 fighters and making it ideal for tactical strike incursions in the face of fighter opposition.

This highly detailed model is of a Mosquito FBVI, the main fighter-bomber type, finished as HX922 as flown by Group Captain Percy Pickard DSO(2 bars), DFC on Operation Jericho, the attack on Amiens prison that had the objective of releasing French resistance prisioners.

Corgi 1/72 Westland Wessex XS518 847 NAS Codes X-P Falkands 1982 30th Anniversary Helicopter Model (AA37608)

Corgi 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIa, P7308, 71 'Eagle' Sqn, RAF North Weald 1941 (AA39205)

Corgi 1/144 Vickers Valiant B Mk.1, WZ404, 207 Sqn, RAF Luqa, Malta, Suez Crisis 1956 (AA39403)

 Following President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser?s decision on 26th July 1956 to nationalise the Suez Canal, Britain, France and Israel all declared war on Egypt almost simultaneously on October 25th 1956. 

Corgi 1/72 Short Stirling Mk1 OJ-H 149 Sqn Middleton VC Bomber Model (AA39502)

Corgi 1/43 Panavia Tornado F3, ZE763/HD, 111 Sqn, RAF Leuchars, Scotland 2010 (AA39801)