Corgi AA38311 1:48 Fokker DR.I Triplane Werner Steinhauser

Product Info

Fokker Dr.1 564/17, Ltn Werner Steinhauser, Jasta 11, Jagdgeschwader 1,Cappy Aerodrome, France, 21st April 1918 -Last combat sortie of the Red Baron Flying one of the six Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.1 fighters which climbed away from Cappy Aerodromein the mid-morning of Sunday 21st April 1918,Werner Steinhauser was beginning to develop into an extremely gifted aviator under the guidance of his inspirational Commanding Officer, Manfred von Richthofen. When he initially joined the unit in early 1918, he only had a solitary observation balloon victoryto his name, but now that he found himself in the company of some of the Luftstreitkr?fte?s most gifted fighter pilots, he began to show real skill andpoise during combat situations and as a consequence, his victory tally was increasing. Flying alongside von Richthofen in his own distinctively marked personal Fokker Dr.1 fighter on the morning of the 21st April, Steinhauser would be involved in the intense fighting with the Sopwith Camels of RAF No.209 Squadron which ultimately resulted in the death of his mentor. The famed ?Flying Circus? never really recovered from the loss of von Richthofen and from this date, an ever increasing numberof Allied fighters in the air at any one time would result in the loss of the majority of their most successful pilots. Going on to score a further six aerial victories after this fateful day, Werner Steinhauser would himself be shot down and killed near Neuilly on the 26th June, just three days before he would have celebrated his 22nd birthday

Tech Specs

Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)

13

Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)

6.3

Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)

15.1

Item Scale

1:48 Scale

Finish

Painted

Colour

Green/Blue

Wingspan (mm)

151

Detailed Crew Figures

Yes

Fine Rigging Detail

Yes

Fixed Undercarriage

Yes

Folding Wings

No

Fuel Tanks

No

Movable Sweeping Wings

No

Moving Parts

No

Moving Rear/Ventral Gun(s)

No

Open/Closed Airbrake

No

Opening Bomb Bay Doors

No

Opening Canopy

No

Opening Radio Hatch

No

Optional Undercarriage Down

No

Removeable Engine Covers

No

Rotatable Propeller(s)/Rotor(s)

Yes

Rotatable Turret(s)

No

Sliding Door

No

Stationary Drooping Rotor Blades

No

Visible Gun Bay

No

Wood Grain Effect Propeller

Yes

Aviation Archive Special Features

Death of the Red Baron

Aviation Photo-etched Aerial(s)

No

Aviation Armament/Weapons

Yes