RAF Se5a - Capt W.A. Billy Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, No60 Squadron, Summer 1917
From the Aviation Archive - New Casting
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designed for the true enthusiast, depicting both military
models from famous battles and sky warfare over the last
100 years, and civil aircraft, which have frequented the
flight paths of countries worldwide.
The Royal Flying Corps top-scoring WWI ace was Billy
Bishop, a Canadian who scored 72 victories. Awarded the
Victoria Cross, he was the first pilot to surpass the record
of British ace Albert Ball. McCudden, Ball, Bishop,
Mannock and many other British aces found the S.E.5a
was, at last, the aircraft they could fight on equal terms
with against the German Albatros. Soon after they were
delivered, Lieutenant A.P.F. Rhys Davids, flying with No. 5
Squadron, brought down Werner Voss, von Richthofen’s
famous number two. Although just a single victory, it was
an enormous boost to Allied morale and an early scalp for
the S.E.5a, which, despite its rugged, almost over-simple
appearance, was destined to become one of the most
successful British aircraft of WWI.
Adult collectible designed for use by persons 14 years of age and older.