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Hobby Master 1:48 P-51D HA77231B “BOOMERANG JR” flown by Col. Arthur ‘Art” Jeffrey 434th FS, 479th FG, Dec 1944

Highly detailed diecast pre-finished collector model airplane.Each model comes with display stand, gears, and is assembled and ready to display.

Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous lossesbecause of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait beyond therange of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the P-51 calledMustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the highperformance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had the range to escort bombers allthe way to Berlin and back.

The 479th FG was formed in October 1943 and flew Lockheed P-38 Lightnings. In 1944 the
group was sent to England and consisted of the 434th (L2), 435th (J2) and 436th (9B) FighterSquadrons. By October 1st 1944 the group had converted to the P-51 and on October 7th ArthurJeffrey of the 434th FS became an Ace. On December 5th and 23rd 1944 Arthur Jeffrey scored 3victories each day. He was the first pilot to shoot down an ME-163 rocket powered aircraft. Heflew 82 combat missions and accumulated 14 victories. Jeffrey had named his P-38 Boomerangand because the P-51 was smaller than the Lightning he added Jr to the name. Jeffrey carriedthe name Boomerang Jr over to his next aircraft a P-51K.