LIMITED EDITION  1/48 SCALE 

Lothar von Richthofen transferred to the German Air Service in 1915 and was assigned to Jasta 11 on 6th March 1917. Lothar scored 24 victories in 47 days and was credited with shooting down English Ace Albert Ball on 7th May 1917. Wounded on 13th March 1918, he crash landed his Fokker DR.I after being shot down by Australian ace, Geoffrey Hughes.

In the summer of 1918, Lothar returned to duty and achieved ten more victories by the end of the war. Scoring his final victory on 12th August 1918, he shot down a Sopwith Camel flown by English ace, John Summers. The following day, Lothar was seriously wounded for the third time when his Fokker D.VII was shot down over the Somme by another Sopwith Camel.

Features include pilot figure and accurate camouflage paint colours.

This limited edition model from Corgi is part of the highly collectable Aviation Archive range of die-cast model aircraft. Scales include 1:48, 1:72 and 1:144 and features aeroplanes from World War I, World War II and the modern era. Most models in the Aviation Archive range are limited editions.