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Fokker Dr.I Triplane Model, Johannes Janzen - Corgi AA38303
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Description
Corgi Aviation Archive Series Diecast Model
Fokker Dr.I Triplane - Lt. Johannes Janzen, Jasta 6, Luftstreitkrafte, March 1918
1:48 scale. Length: 4.75”. Wingspan: 6"
Limited Edition
Janzen joined the German Air Service on May 4 1916. Following pilot training he was assigned to Jasta 23 in November 1916 and scored his first victory with this unit before being reassigned to Jasta 6 in October of 1917. He briefly assumed command of Jasta 4 on March 28, 1918 but just a week later he returned to Jasta 6 as the new CO.
Scoring his fifth victory on May 4, 1918, Janzen's Fokker dr.I was shot down five days later. He survived the crash and scored eight more victories, giving him a total of thirteen kills, before he was shot down on June 9 1918. On this occasion the interrupter gear on his Dr.I malfunctioned during a dogfight with a SPAD and he shot off his own propeller. Janzen again survived but was captured and remained a prisoner until the end of the war.
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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