Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c 4820113082139

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c 4820113082139The stable flight characteristics of the government designed Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c made it an ideal home defence night fighter aircraft. It famously claimed the destruction of the first German airship over Britain on 3rd September 1916, earning pilot Lt. William Leefe Robinson a Victoria Cross.

A specialist variant of the Westland Sea King

extremely complex and expensive to produce

this meant scrounging necessities where they could be found

From cockpit enhancements and increased fuel carrying capacity

Representing a significant advancement in aviation technology compared to the biplane fighters which were still in widespread service during the mid 1930s

the Hawker Hunter was a thing of aviation beauty

Hurricane Mk IIc quarter scale kit

RAF Coltishall airfield

Included in the Set

In operation

the commander of this new squadron

Of 175 Lysanders sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force