Boeing B-17E - 41-2488, 19th BG, Malang, Java, February 1942 REF: AA33312
Scale: 1:72
Dimensions: 435mm WINGSPAN
£104.99
The first B-17 Flying Fortresses to be based in Australia were 14 early model Flying Fortresses of the 19th Bomb Group which had been evacuated from Del Monte air field in the Philippines. They began arriving at Batchelor airfield in the Northern Territory on 17 December 1941. By New Year's Day 1942, eleven B-17's flew to a new base at Malang in Java. Their main target then was Japanese shipping. These B-17's were reinforced in January 1942 by some LB-30 Liberators and some new B-17E's of the 7th Bomb Group. Estimated release September 2007 Release date: September 2007
