Revell 1/240 Campbeltown Destroyer - (USS Buchanan) Destroyer, H450

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Revell 1/240 Campbeltown Destroyer -  (USS Buchanan) Destroyer, H450 plastic model kit

1/240 H450 Revell Campbeltown Destroyer - (USS Buchanan) Destroyer

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

Still factory sealed. 1971 issue of this large-scale and detailed kit of the historic four-pipe destroyer. Originally the USS Buchanan Four-Piper, she was traded in the famous Lend-Lease program for the use of British bases. On March 8, 1942, the Campbeltown sailed up the Loire River. Her mission was to destroy the Normandie Drydock, a possible haven for the Tirpitz which was holed up on Norway at this time. The Campbeltown was disguised as a German warship and the bow was packed with 8500 lbs of high explosive depth charges. Under a RAF diversion, Campbeltown fought her way up the river and rammed the dock doors at full speed. Charges at the stern sank the back of the ship and she was wedged in the dock. During a German inspection 8 hours later, the charges went off, scattering parts of the ship up to one mile away. The dock was rendered useless to the Tirpitz, who now had to stay in Norway.

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