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CGAA35308 B-25D-1 - Crabb 2nd, 345th BG/498th BS - Dobodura, New Guinea, 26th December 1943 Corgi Classics / Aircraft Availability: Sold Out Size: 1:72 Scale (Wingspan: 280mm) Age: 14 years and up Release: November 2006 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: AA35308 Product Code: CGAA35308

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The 345th Medium Bombardment Group, "The Air Apaches" were widely known in the Southwest Pacific theatre. Their brightly painted Falcon or Parrot (498th Sqdn), Bat (499th Sqdn), Bat (500th Sqdn) and Panther (501st Sqdn) Mitchell B-25 twin engine bombers flew at low level, often at tree-top height. Converted to gun nosed B-25's, with up to 12 forward firing fifty caliber machine guns they were well respected and feared by the Japanese. Crabb 2nd is a B-25D-1 of the 498th BS/345th BG out of Dobudura, New Guinea in December 1943. This plane features a stylized parrot on the nose, with white striped tails and the name (painted as a crab) on the right side.

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