1350 Stirling Mk.Iv Glider tug / Paratroopos Transport - Italeri 1/72  [IT-1350S]

D-DAY SERIES - NORMANDY 1944/2014

The brief Stirling completed up being the first hefty bomber used through the second World War by the British Royal Air Force. Though it absolutely was built around a robust steel airframe plus it clearly could carry good unpleasant load, the Stirling finished up being gradually replaced in RAF Bomber Squadron utilising the more complicated Halifax and Lancaster. As a result of its 4 effective 1,635 hp Bristol Hercules devices, it absolutely was with the capacity of perform other crucial duties in airborne operations : dropping paratroopers and towing gliders. The Stirling Mk IV variation wound up being modified to optimize the towing of gliders, such as for instance Horsa and Hamilcar, utilising the removal of nose and dorsal turrets plus the introduction of mechanisms to discharge gliders. The Stirlings Mk IV have been utilized in the Battle of Normandy and procedure marketplace Garden.

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