Lot 610
OF AVIATION INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF RECOGNITION OR ‘SPOTTER’ SCALE MODEL WORLD WAR II R.A.F FIGHTER PLANES AND OTHER EXAMPLES (QTY)
Including a Vultee Vanguard; De Havilland Comet G-A CSS; Armstrong Whitworth Whitley; Bristol Blenheim; Heston Phonex; Gloster Gauntlet; Republic Thunderbolt; De Havilland Tiger Moth; De Havilland Domeic Dragon Rapide; Lockhead Lighting and many unidentified, numerous spare parts and elements; together with an archive of related paper cuttings and materials
| Estimate: | £100 - £200 |
| Hammer price: | £350 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance:
Created and collected by the vendor's late father (1927-2013) .
In 1942 there was a program started to encourage school children to build models of military aeroplanes to learn how to identify them, understand range and scale, to be able to readily identify the enemy.