English Electric Lightning Models

English Electric Lightning 74 Squadron XS927/N by Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28402English Electric Lightning F.6 XS927/N, RAF No.74 Squadron �The Tigers�, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1969. When the English Electric Lightning entered RAF service with No.74 Squadron at Coltishall in June 1960, Britain had its first true supersonic interceptor and one of the most potent fighting aeroplanes the world had ever seen. Charged with protecting Britain from aerial attack, everything about a...

NEW TOOLINGEnglish Electric/BAC Lightning F.6 XR728/JS, RAF Binbrook Station Commander's aircraft, liveried as Lightning Training Flight. Now preserved by the Lightning Preservation Group, Bruntingthorpe Airfield Leicestershire.If the Supermarine Spitfire is considered to be Britain's most famous piston engined fighter, then its direct jet powered counterpart was certainly the superlative English Electric Lightning. Representing a huge leap in aviation technology the Lightning introduced the...