AA36602-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
The Aviation Archive by Corgi
AA36602 Lockheed P-38J Lightning, USAAF 20th FG, 77th FS, Eze Does It, Herschel Ezell, King's Cliff, England, 1944
1:72 Scale
Measures 6.25" long x 8.75" wide (wingspan)
Limited Edition #3403 of 4730
Largely the creation of Col. Cass Hough of Operational Engineering, the Droop Snoot was a P-38 converted to carry a bombsight and bombardier in the nose. Work on a prototype commenced at Bovington in January, 1944, the project being transferred to Lockheed at Langford Lodge for the major engineering needed. The aircraft's name was bestowed when someone, viewing the cut-off nose during modification, enquired as to the purpose of the "droop- snooted P-38." Changes involved all armament and associated equipment being removed from the nose, an escape hatch fashioned on one side, a Plexiglas molding fitted to the front , Norden bombsight and bombing fitting installed , together with a seat for the bombardier and oxygen supply.