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Dinky Toys #719 CUSTOM RAF SPITFIRE ACE AIR WING COMMANDER ADOLF "SAILOR" MALAN
$ 79.17
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CUSTOM RESTORED AND DETAILEDVICKERS-ARMSTRONG SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MKII
RAF WWII COMBAT FIGHTER PLANE
PILOTED BY RAF ACE ADOLF G. “SAILOR” MALAN
Adolph Gysbert Malan
, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as
Sailor Malan
, was a famed Royal Air Force World War II
fighter pilot who led No. 74 Squadron
during the height of the Battle of Britain. Malan was known for sending German bomber pilots home with dead crews as a warning to other Luftwaffe crews. Under his leadership No. 74 became one of the RAF's best units. Malan scored 27 kills, seven shared destroyed, three probably destroyed and 16 damaged.
Malan survived the war to become involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his country. His younger brother, George F. Malan, was killed flying with No. 72 Squadron as a Spitfire pilot in Tunisia, in earlier 1943.
CUSTOM DETAILED NEAR MINT CONDITION
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CLEAN & CLEAR CANOPY.
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TRIM AND DECAL/STICKERS EXCELLENT BRIGHT COLORS INCREDIBLE DETAIL.
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LANDING GEAR & WHEELS INTACT, SPRING TENSION VERY GOOD. TAIL WHEEL INTACT
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MADE IN ENGLAND