Supermarine SPITFIRE MKII A (Flown by F. Lieut. Eric Lock)--plane and standing pilot figure
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Supermarine SPITFIRE MKII A (Flown by F. Lieut. Eric Lock)--plane and standing pilot figure
Eric Lock flew with No. 41 Squadron, part of RAF Fighter Command during the battle shooting down 21 German aircraft. After the Battle of Britain, he flew on the Channel Front, flying offensive sweeps over occupied France where he shot down another five enemy planes, bringing his final score to 26 aircraft.
On 3 August 1941, he was presumed shot down by German flak after strafing enemy troops. Alas, never to be seen again.
“ACHTUNG SPITFIRE!”
From land battles in Spain and Portugal during the early 19th Century to aerial battles in the skies over southern Britain in the summer of 1940…
Here, at long last, are K&C’s latest two Supermarine Spitfires that battled Hitler’s mighty Luftwaffe during and beyond The Battle of Britain.
K&C warbird collectors probably know that the Spitfire is, by far, the most popular WWII fighter aircraft we have ever produced!
These two ‘Spits’ are brand-new sculpts and have several new features, including: opening cockpit doors, radio wire between the antenna and the tail plane, plus fast-spinning propellors, and, of course, each has its own standing pilot figure to go with each aircraft.
‘The Battle of Britain 1940’
After the Fall of France and the British Expeditionary Force’s evacuation from Dunkirk, a very short pause followed before Hitler’s aerial assault began on Britain, which, had it been successful, would have been swiftly followed by a full-scale invasion of the British Isles. Fortunately for Britain and the rest of the free world, the Royal Air Force stood in the way of a Luftwaffe victory, and, for the first time in WWII, defeated the Nazis and gave them a bloody nose! The pilots, groundcrew and many others in RAF Fighter Command bore the brunt of this German aerial assault day after day and eventually into the night, when the enemy changed his tactics.
Here are 5 new additions (and one dog) that help tell the amazing story that became known as The Battle of Britain.
Due to be released in SEPTEMBER 2025.
