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Fokker Dr.I Triplane Model, Lothar von Richthoven - Corgi AA38302
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Description
Corgi Aviation Archive Series Diecast Model
Fokker Dr.I Triplane - Lothar von Richthoven, Luftstreitkrafte, World War I, 1918
1:48 scale. Length: 4.75”. Wingspan: 6"
Limited Edition
Lothar von Richthofen transferred to the German Air Service in 1915 and was assigned to Jasta 11 in March 1917. Lothar scored 24 victories in 47 days and was credited with downing English Ace Albert Ball on May 7, 1917. Wounded on March 13, 1918, he crash landed his Fokker Dr.I after being shot down by Australian, Geoffrey Hughes. Lothar returned to duty in the summer of 1918 and achieved ten more victories by the end of the war. On August 12, 1918 he shot down a Sopwith Camel flown by English Ace, John Summers, scoring his final victory. The following day, Lothar was seriously wounded for the third time when his Fokker D.VI was shot down over the Somme by another Sopwith Camel.
The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker (triplane) was a German World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. First flown in July 1917, the Dr.I saw widespread service by the spring of 1918. It became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen, The "Red Baron", gained his last 20 victories, and in which he was killed on April 21, 1918.
The Corgi Aviation Archive features a wide selection of high quality, ready-made, diecast model airplanes. Each model is crafted with meticulous attention to detail, using specifications of the original aircraft. Corgi models are built with diecast metal and some plastic components.
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