Corgi Diecast Aviation

Vickers Wellington Ward VC (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA34812 About Vickers Wellington Ward VC (1:72) Victoria Cross winning actions Having successfully released their bombs over the German city of Munster on the night of 7th/8th July 1941, the crew of Vickers Wellington L7818 set course for their home station at Feltwell and hoped for an uneventful return flight. Those hopes were dashed when co-pilot James Allen Ward noticed a sinister shape stalking their aircraft in the...

Bristol Blenheim (restored as an Mk.IVF Nightfighter) - G-BPIV, Z5722 / WM-Z, Spirit of 'Britain First', Duxford Airfield, May 1993 (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA38410 About Bristol Blenheim (restored as an Mk.IVF Nightfighter) - G-BPIV, Z5722 / WM-Z, Spirit of 'Britain First', Duxford Airfield, May 1993 (1:72) With the restoration team behind the world’s only airworthy Bristol Blenheim having to suffer the devastation of seeing their magnificent aircraft crashing at an...

Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2 RAF No.35 Squadron, Scampton, Early 1980s (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA27205 About Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2 RAF No.35 Squadron, Scampton, Early 1980s (1:72) Avro Vulcan B.2 XL319, RAF No.35 Squadron, Scrampton, Early 1980s For an aircraft which was conceived as a high altitude nuclear strike bomber, the Avro Vulcan would prove itself to be extremely adaptable when Soviet missile technology advanced to such a point where high altitude sorties were no longer...

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a N3200 'QV', RAF No.19 Squadron, Dunkirk evacuation, May 1940 (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA39214 About Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a N3200 'QV', RAF No.19 Squadron, Dunkirk evacuation, May 1940 (1:72) Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a N3200 was constructed at the Vickers Armstrong works at Eastleigh, near Southampton during 1939 and delivered to RAF No.19 Squadron at Duxford in April the following year. Wearing the codes QV and the distinctive black and white...

Apollo Command Module (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS91307 About Apollo Command Module (3-5" unscaled) About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic wood and fabric aircraft of the Great War, to the awesome power of the high-tech jet fighters in service with today’s air forces. Corgi presents a range of high quality detailed die-cast model aircraft covering a wide range of eras and types. Corgi...

Curtiss Tomahawk IIA AK402 P/O Neville Duke 122 (1/72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28103 About Curtiss Tomahawk IIA AK402 P/O Neville Duke 122 (1/72) Curtiss Tomahawk IIA AK402 P/O Neville Duke 122 Squadron About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic wood and fabric aircraft of the Great War, to the awesome power of the high-tech jet fighters in service with today’s air forces. Corgi presents a range of...

F-35 Lightning II (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS90629 About F-35 Lightning II (3-5" unscaled) Our newly tooled Corgi Showcase line is destined to become an icon of aviation and is already making it's mark worldwide. 14 years after development first started in the USA the first flight of an F-35A took place in December 2006 . The F-35 was developed with the intention to replace the majority of US fighter jets with three variants (A, B and C) being designed to suit...

Heinkel He 111H Die Cast Model Luftwaffe, Eastern Front, Operation Barbarossa (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA33718 About Heinkel He 111H Die Cast Model Luftwaffe, Eastern Front, Operation Barbarossa (1:72) If the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the most famous Luftwaffe fighter aircraft of the Second World War, then its direct bomber equivalent had to be the Heinkel He-111, an aircraft which can trace its origins back to the early 1930s and its development as a supposed fast civilian...

Consolidated Catalina IVA JV928 "Y" (1/72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA36111 About Consolidated Catalina IVA JV928 "Y" (1/72) Consolidated Catalina IVA JV928 �Y� - Lt John Alexander Cruickshank VC 210 Squadron July 1944 - 100 Years of the RAF As an Island nation Britain would rely heavily on the contribution of long ranging maritime patrol aircraft during WWII particularly,the flying boats and brave crews of Coastal Command. Working alongside the mighty Short Sunderland the...

Lunar Module Smithsonian (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS91308 About Lunar Module Smithsonian (3-5" unscaled) About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic wood and fabric aircraft of the Great War, to the awesome power of the high-tech jet fighters in service with today’s air forces. Corgi presents a range of high quality detailed die-cast model aircraft covering a wide range of eras and types....

Lockheed P-38J Lightning 43-28431 / MC-O 'Happy Jack's Go Buggy' Capt. Jack M Ilfrey 79th FS / 20th FG Kings Cliffe (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA36616 About Lockheed P-38J Lightning 43-28431 / MC-O 'Happy Jack's Go Buggy' Capt. Jack M Ilfrey 79th FS / 20th FG Kings Cliffe (1:72) Lockheed P38J Lightning 43-28431 / MC-O, 'Happy Jack's Go Buggy', Capt. Jack M Ilfrey, 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, US Eighth Air Force, Kings Cliffe USAAF Station 367, 12th June 1944...

Sopwith Camel F.1. Wilfred May, 21st April 1918, Death of the Red Baron (1:48) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA38110 About Sopwith Camel F.1. Wilfred May, 21st April 1918, Death of the Red Baron (1:48) As he climbed into the cockpit of his Sopwith Camel fighter at Bertangles aerodrome on 21st April 1918, Canadian Wilfred Reid 'Wop' May had no idea that this would be the most significant day in his life. Embarking on only his second mission over the Western Front, he had been...

Eurofighter Typhoon (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS90648 About Eurofighter Typhoon (3-5" unscaled) Eurofighter Typhoon by Corgi Showcase Series Toys Item Number: CS90648 About Corgi Diecast Aviation Corgi Showcase is a series of top quality die-cast model aircraft suitable for children aged three and over. Each model comes with a display stand and all classic aircraft have a moving propeller. This series is ideal for the young aviation fan and offers a wide range of...

Showcase Series Supermarine Spitfire (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS90650 About Showcase Series Supermarine Spitfire (3-5" unscaled) Regarded by many people as the most famous aeroplane the world has ever seen, the Supermarine Spitfire was one of the first all-metal monoplane fighters, at a time when many of the world's air forces were still equipped with biplane designs. Establishing its reputation during the aerial dogfights of the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire...

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7/B 'Blue H' Triangle, II./Schlachtgeschwader 1, Stalingrad, Luftwaffe Ground Support Jabo, Winter 1942/43 Operation Barbarossa (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28007 About Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7/B 'Blue H' Triangle, II./Schlachtgeschwader 1, Stalingrad, Luftwaffe Ground Support Jabo, Winter 1942/43 Operation Barbarossa (1:72) Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7/B 'Blue H' Triangle, II./Schlachtgeschwader 1, Stalingrad, Luftwaffe Ground Support Jabo, Winter 1942/43 As...

Wright Flyer Smithsonian (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS91304 About Wright Flyer Smithsonian (3-5" unscaled) About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic wood and fabric aircraft of the Great War, to the awesome power of the high-tech jet fighters in service with today’s air forces. Corgi presents a range of high quality detailed die-cast model aircraft covering a wide range of eras and types....

Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZD716, RAF No.31 Squadron "Goldstars" Retirement Scheme, RAF Marham, March 2019 (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA33621 About Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZD716, RAF No.31 Squadron "Goldstars" Retirement Scheme, RAF Marham, March 2019 (1:72) Having the distinction of being one of final two RAF squadron's to operate the Panavia Tornado, No.31 squadron were determined not to allow their long association with this exceptional aircraft go unheralded. During November...

Fokker DR1 Triplane Werner Steinhauser (1:48) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA38311 About Fokker DR1 Triplane Werner Steinhauser (1:48) At 10am on 21st April 1918, six Fokker Dr.1 fighter aircraft of Jasta 11 took off from Cappy aerodrome to embark on an offensive patrol over the Somme Valley region. Led by their inspirational commander, Manfred von Richthofen, this was an elite unit where only the finest fighter pilots were invited to join the squadron � the 'Best of the Best'. Hans...

Bristol F2B Fighter 'Charlie Chaplin' (1:48) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28802 About Bristol F2B Fighter 'Charlie Chaplin' (1:48) About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic wood and fabric aircraft of the Great War, to the awesome power of the high-tech jet fighters in service with today’s air forces. Corgi presents a range of high quality detailed die-cast model aircraft covering a wide range of eras and...

US Strike Force Collection - F/A-18 and F-16 (3-5" unscaled) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: CS90684 About US Strike Force Collection - F/A-18 and F-16 (3-5" unscaled) The air combat experiences of US pilots during the Vietnam War led directly to the establishment of the Lightweight Fighter Programme and the eventual introduction of one of the truly great post war fighter aircraft, the superb General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon. Even though the aircraft still...

Beaufighter TF.Mk X No 45 Squadron "Operation Firedog" RAF Kuala Lumpur Malaya '49 (1:72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28602 About Beaufighter TF.Mk X No 45 Squadron "Operation Firedog" RAF Kuala Lumpur Malaya '49 (1:72) Operation Firedog', Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Late May/Early December, 1949 By the end of the Second World War, the Royal Air Force saw little need to retain the large number of Bristol Beaufighter squadrons it currently had in service, so most units were simply...

Westland Puma HC.1 Helicopter 72 Squadron Aldergrove 1997 (1/72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA27005 About Westland Puma HC.1 Helicopter 72 Squadron Aldergrove 1997 (1/72) Westland Puma HC.1 Helicopter 72 Squadron Aldergrove 1997 This model features: - Rotorspan approximately 8- Rotating propellers - Optional undercarriage down - Detailed crew figure - Sliding door About Corgi Diecast Aviation Fixed wing aviation has seen dramatic development over the past 100 years, from the basic...

Bristol F.2B Fighter D-8063, RAF No.139 Squadron, Villaverla, Italy, Sept 1918 (1:48) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA28801 About Bristol F.2B Fighter D-8063, RAF No.139 Squadron, Villaverla, Italy, Sept 1918 (1:48) The outbreak of the Great War placed a moral burden on the shoulders of a young Edward, Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. Desperate to do his duty and be seen alongside the thousands of troops heading for France, he was forbidden from joining his Grenadier...

North American Mustang Mk.IV Werner Christie No.150 Wing (1/72) By Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA27703 About North American Mustang Mk.IV Werner Christie No.150 Wing (1/72) North American Mustang Mk.IV Werner Christie No.150 Wing RAF Hunsdon 1945 As its history was very much connected to British requirements it is no surprise that the Mustang was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during WWII from the early Allison, powered Mustang I to the Dallas produced Packard Merlin powered...