April 25, 2024
Corgi 37807 Albatros D.III Herman Goering 1/48 Scale Diecast Model
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Corgi brings to you the finest quality die-cast scale aircraft carefully researched and crafted with meticulous attention to detail. Each model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight, and it has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. When people think of Hermann Goering, many will see him as a rotund figure of WWII, who epitomized the inefficiencies within the Luftwaffe. In his youth, however, Goering was a dashing and highly capable fighter pilot, who quickly rose to prominence within the German Air Service, collecting promotions and decorations along the way. He was credited with 22 confirmed victories on the Western Front and was awarded the 'Pour le Merite or 'Blue Max' - Germany's highest order of merit, which was awarded as recognition of extraordinary personal achievement. The Albatros was one of the most famous fighter aircraft of the Great War and was the mount of many of the famous Luftstreitkrafte aces. The earlier D.III model did much to ensure German air dominance, during the period known as 'Bloody April', but by the time that the heavier Albatros D.V fighter had entered service with the Jastas, the Allies had introduced much more capable fighters to their front line squadrons. German pilots were to find things much more difficult,
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