Corgi AA30005.(C) Douglas Dakota C.3 Royal Air Force ZA947 Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England, 1985

The (C) in the product code indicates that this item has a limited edition certificate included. This dakota was the last one in British military service and was previously operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force, serialled '661' until delivered to the RAE at West Freugh in May 1971. Initially, it was thought this aircraft was an ex-RAF aircraft and was erroneously given the serial 'KG661', but this was corrected in July 1979 and the serial ZA947 allotted. It was used for trails of low speed sensing equipment, RPV's and parachutes, as well as for general transport duties. It was used at West Fruegh, then Farnborough, until being withdrawn from use in early 1993 and transferred to the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight as a support aircraft. It is in current use with the BBMF at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and is also available in this form as a Corgi model