AA32208-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like new condition.
Corgi WWII Aviation Archive
AA32208 North American P-51D Mustang, USAAF 357th FG, 363rd FS, "Gentleman Jim"
Limited Edition #3687 of 4500
1:72 Scale, Measures 5.25" nose to tail x 6.25" wingspan
The 354th were the first of the Mustang Fighter Groups, but they had been assigned to the Ninth Air Force at a time when the Eighth Air Force needed a long-range fighter. So the 357th was to become the first P-51 Mustang Group in the Eighth Air Force, and also they were to move again. This base was to be home for the rest of the war, Station F-373, Leiston Airfield. P-51D 41-4937 was flown by Capt. Jim Browning and was named 'Gentleman Jim'. Capt. Browning was an original member of the 357th. He was killed on 9th February 1945 in a mid-air collision with an Me- 262 of KG(J)-54. He was flying Glen Zarnke's 'Junior Miss' at the time.