Corgi AA38401 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV Royal Air Force R3821/UX-N No82 Squadron, 1942

This item has a limited edition certificate included.

(As restored to airworthy condition by the Aircraft Restoration Co. at Duxford, Cambs. and currently being re-restored) This Corgi model depicts the only airworthy Blenhim in the world which is with The Aircraft Restoration Company at Duxford, It is actually a Fairchild-built Bolingbroke IV T. The Bolingbroke was the Canadian name for the Blenhim. This Machine is the second 'Blenheim' that has been restored to airworthy status. Following an untimely accident with the first one. Plans were immediatly put in place to restore a seccond Blenheim and using the skills learned in the first restoration the Duxford team set about putting another in to the air. Bolingbroke 10201 was acquired and the whole process started again. At Duxford on May 18 1993 the late 'Hoof' Proudfoot flew the teams second Blenheim bearing the serial Z5722 and civil registration G-BPIV. The aircraft has worn several RAF colour schemes. the last one being depicted by this model being 'R3821' coded 'UX-N' of 82 Squadron, RAF. sadly on 18th August 2003, this aircraft suffered a landing accident at Duxford, where it was severely damaged. Undaunted, another rebuild commenced, but this time the team are converting it to a blenheim Mk.I with a short nose and it will shortly take to the air once more in this new guise.