Corgi 1/72 USAF P51D Mustang Gentleman JIM 8th 357th FG (AA32208)

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Corgi 1/72 USAF P51D Mustang Gentleman JIM 8th 357th FG (AA32208)
Stationed with the 'Mighty' Eighth US Army Air Force at Leiston Airfield in Suffolk, the original of our 1/72 scale replica of 'Gentleman Jim' was piloted by Captain Jim Browning of the 357th Fighter Group. This Limited Edition includes pilot figure and authentic badging, is accompanied by a poseable display stand,

The 354th were the first of the Mustang Fighter Groups, but they had been assigned to the Ninth Air Force at a time when the Eighth Air Force needed a long-range fighter. So the 357th was to become the first P-51 Mustang Group in the Eighth Air Force, and also they were to move again. This base was to be home for the rest of the war, Station F-373, Leiston Airfield. P-51D 41-4937 was flown by Capt. Jim Browning and was named ‘Gentleman Jim’. Capt. Browning was an original member of the 357th. He was killed on 9th February 1945 in a mid-air collision with an Me- 262 of KG(J)-54. He was flying Glen Zarnke’s ‘Junior Miss’ at the time.

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