Corgi 1/48 French Spad X111 S4489 Charles J Biddle (AA37901)

Excellent die-cast metal model of a French Airforce Spad (Societe pour l'aviation) XIII of the 13th Aero Squadron as flying in October 1918.

The model is presented in American national Capt. Charles J. Biddle's personal livery which? included a blue and white radiator cowl and a commanders tricolour band. In addition there were victory marks in the form of 5 notches in the Grim Reapers bloody scythe and 4 tiny crosses behind the running skeleton. A fast and tough aircraft, the Spad XIII featured two Vickers machine guns well represented.

Model wingspan 109mm,

A famed American Ace of WW1 with 7 victories,Charles Biddle attended Princeton and Harvard and was an attorney when he joined the French Air Service. After the war ended he wrote "The Way of the Eagle"