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Hobby 2000 72039 1/72 Arado 234 B-2 First Jets

Product Code: H2K72039
Barcode: 5903002057391
$44.99
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Ar 234 B-2 bomber variant carrying Werknummer (manufacturer's serial number) 140312, and was one of nine Ar 234s surrendered to British forces at Sola Airfield near Stavanger, Norway. The aircraft had been operating with 8. Staffel III./Kampfgeschwader 76 (later reorganised as Einsatzstaffel) during the final weeks of the war, having operated previously with the 8th squadron, carrying the full-four-character Geschwaderkennung military code of "F1+GS" on the fuselage sides, with the wing code of "F1" painted on in a much reduced size for sanctioned, late-war "low-visibility".