Italaerei 1/72 Airspeed AS-51 Horsa Mk1/Mk2 - Assult Glider USAAF or RAF, 116

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Italaerei 1/72 Airspeed AS-51 Horsa Mk1/Mk2  - Assult Glider USAAF or RAF, 116 plastic model kit

1/72 116 Italaerei Airspeed AS-51 Horsa Mk1/Mk2 - Assult Glider USAAF or RAF

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Builds either version and has decals for USAAF or RAF. Horsas were perhaps the most advanced gliders built during WWII. They had full instrumentation, power operated flaps and brakes, a powered device for jettisoning the landing gear upon touchdown. The Horsa MkI carrier troops while the MkII carried vehicles which loaded through the swing nose and unloaded from an explosively-released rear fuselage after landing. Gliders carried in 20% of the reinforcements and supplies for D-Day, and most were Horsas. They also saw action against the German Heavy Water (Atomic Bomb) plants in Norway and targets in Sicily, Arnhem and the Rhine. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

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