Corgi - The Aviation Archive -Battle of Britain Collection - Messerschmitt Bf-109E Desert Camouflage Hans Joachim Marseille Die Cast Model 1:72 scale 49204

Bf-109E-4/Trop fighter of 1 Gruppe of Jagdeschwader 27, operated in Libya, summer 1941. The unit was famed and at one time named for Lt Hans Joachim Marseille, who scored 158 victories including 151 against the RAF in North Africa before suffering engine failure and striking the tailplane on bailing out in September 1942. Marseille flew `yellow 14' while this is 'white 8'. The emblem of JG 27 is on the nose and the white belly band was displayed by most Luftwaffe aircraft in North Africa.