Corgi AA36101.(N) Consolidated Catalina Mk.IIA Royal Air Force VA703/M No209 Squadron, Pembroke Dock, 1941

(N) Indicates this product may have been advertised as a limited edition model in Corgi's Catalogues, but was never produced with a limited edition certificate

209 squadron were reformed at Mount Batten on 15 March 1930 as a flying boat unit equipped with the only four Iris aircraft built. Stranraers arrived in December 1938 and in September 1939, the squadron moved to Invergordon to cover the North Sea. It moved again in October, to Oban, where in December it began to re-equip with the Saro Lerwick, however, this aircraft proved to be something of a failure and in April 1941 they were replaced by Catalinas. In March 1941, it moved to Lough Erne and then to Iceland in August before returning to the UK at Pembroke Dock.