Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Battle of Britain - 1:72 scale

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Battle of Britain

80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Limited Edition kit with a huge decals with markings of the Battle Heroes

It was their finest hour...
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" - Sir Winston Churchill, House of Commons speach, 20th August 1940

Battle of Britain was an epic struggle between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and German Luftwaffe, fought from the Summer of 1940 to Spring 1941. Exact time frame of the Battle is subject of discussion, it may be 10 July 1940 - 31 October 1940 or 8 August 1940 to 31 October 1940 or August 1940 - May 1941.

Battle of Britain Hurricane markings
Special 80-Anniversary Limited Edition kit consist a huge decal 13 x 18 cm with markings for three RAF ACEs and one Victoria Cross recipient flying Hawker Hurricanes. Excellent quality decals printed by Techmod includes two complete sets of roundel and fin-flash insignias in both regular and Gloster colours as well as two sets of stencils, control panel and seatbelt straps decals. During preorders you can buy kit in deal package with separate plastic parts and use extra decals from set to finish two models!

History

Mussolini brought Italy into the war in June 1940. Convinced of an Axis victory and not wishing to miss out on the spoils of war he ordered the Italian Air Force - Regia Aeronautica - to form an air expeditionary force, the Corpo Aereo Italiano/Italian Air Corps (CAI) - composed of three Stormi- Wings- some 200 aircraft - to operate against the United Kingdom in support of an unenthusiastic Luftwaffe from bases at Melsbroek, Chievres, Maldeghem and Ursel in Belgium. 

CAI operations began at the close of the Battle of Britain, with an unsuccessful night raid around Harwich on 24 October 1940, with the first daylight mission, bombing Deal, on 29 October, and a unopposed fighter sweep over Canterbury on 1 November.

Offensive fighter sweeps along the channel continued until 28 November 1940 and mainly night bomber raids on Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Ipswich and Harwich until 7 February 1941, with defensive/patrol fighter sorties continuing until the same month, the CAI CR42s and BR20s then returned to Italy, although two squadrons of G.50bis aircraft remained in Belgium until April 1941 on local coastal patrols.

Despite numerous claims, the CAI shot down no British aircraft but lost two dozen to Hurricanes and Spitfires in a relatively ineffectual campaign that caused little damage having suffered from limited experience and training, using outdated aircraft and tactics.
Squadron Leader Robert Stanford Tucks of No. 257 Squadron RAF is represented in tge Kit. They sawcaction against Italian aircraft on 11 November, 1940.

On this day, the Corpo Aereo Italiano saw its first major combat against the RAF. A formation of ten BR.20 bombers escorted by forty CR.42 biplane fighters set off to attack the Essex port town of Harwich, but were intercepted by Hurricanes of Nos. 17, 46, and 257 Squadrons. In the ensuing melee, three BR.20s and three CR.42s were lost.