Corgi AA36501.(C)FP Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB - No.461 Sqn, Idku, Egypt 1943

(C) indicates this product is guaranteed to have a limited edition certificate. CH and FP items are exactly the same they are just coded this way so we can tell how many we have that we have paid the full price for!

Towards the end of May 1943, three Hawker Typhoons were sent for operational flight trials in the Middle east. 219 Group RAF, who were responsible for finding a lodger unit for these service trials decided finally upon451 Sqn RAAF. the Typhoon would have been an exciting follow-on to the Hawker Hurricane IIc then operated by the squadron. 451 Sqn at LG.106 near Idku under command of Sqn Ldr J Paine, having been recently withdrawn from frontline operations, would provide personnel for the tests.