ModelZone Exclusive Corgi Supermarine Spitfire MKI Eric Lock No.41 Squadron.
Modelzone have commissioned an exclusive run of a highly detailed 1:32 scale Supermarine Spitfire. This model will be a larger and more detailed version of the previous Eric Lock Spitfire made by Corgi. This model will feature; opening undercarriage legs, removable engine covers, sliding canopy, rotatable propeller and hinged ailerons, elevators and rudder.
In 1939, as the threat of war loomed, Eric Stanley Lock joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve and learned to fly. When war was declared in September 1939, he was immediately called up to the RAF. After further training he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, posted to No. 41 Sqn at Catterick flying Spitfires and chalked up his first kill, a Bf110 on 15th August,1940.
On 3rd September the squadron was posted to RAF Hornchurch in Essex. Two days later he achieved his first 2 kills and within a week he had claimed 8 kills, an achievement that earned him his first DFC. Despite being injured several times during the Battle of Britain he went on to achieve 16.5 kills making him the highest scoring British born pilot of the conflict.
Returning to action after a long period in hospital, on 3rd August 1941 ‘Lockie’ was shot down over Northern France, his body and aircraft were never found. In just 1 year this skillful and brave fighter pilot had become a household name, claimed 26.5 kills, won a DSO and DFC twice. He died before his 22nd birthday.
Only a Limited Edition of 1000 of these models were made.
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