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CGAA30015 Douglas C-47D - 'Jiminy Cricket', Lt. G.B. Quisenberry, 36 TCS/316 TCG, Enfidaville, Tunisia, July 1943 Corgi Classics Our Price: £31.00 (List Price: £31.99, You Save: £0.99) This item is not available yet but is due to arrive in stock around April 2008. You can pre-order this item now and we will dispatch it to you as soon as we have it. Size: 1:144 Scale (Wingspan 199mm) Age: 14 years and up Release: April 2008 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: AA30015 Product Code: CGAA30015

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Constituted as 316th Transport Group on 2 Feb 1942 and activated on 14 Feb then Redesignated 316th Troop Carrier Group in Jul 1942. Trained with C-47 and C-53 aircraft and moved to the Mediterranean theater then assigned to Ninth AF, and began operations in Nov 1942. They transported supplies and evacuated casualties in support of the Allied drive across North Africa. In May 1943 they began training for the invasion of Sicily. They received a DUC for carrying reinforcements to Sicily on 11 July although severely attacked by ground and naval forces and received another DUC for supporting aerial and ground operations in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Sicily, 25 Nov 1942-25 Aug 1943, by transporting reinforcements and supplies.

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