At the height of the Battle of Britain in 1940 Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering was becoming increasingly impatient with his air force's inability to decisively crush the Royal Air Force. At the same time the Luftwaffe was beginning to lose an growing number of aircraft to the British. He decided to pay a visit to his frontline squadrons in France to find out for himself what was going wrong. Traveling on his private train the Reichsmarshall summoned Adolf Galland and Werner Molders, two of his top fighter aces, to meet him and discuss the worsening situation. At first he berated the two leading pilots and accused them (and their fighter units) of not doing enough to protect his bombers. After a while, his mood softened and he asked them both how to succeed, and what they required? Galland looked at Molders, Molders look to Galland, and finally Galland said, "A squadron of Spitfires!" The Reichsmarshall was not amused. This little vignette set portrays the historic meeting. Solange Kataloginhaber oder Besteller sich nicht gegenteilig äußern, versichern sie, dass sie die Figuren mit Darstellungen von Ereignissen und Persönlichkeiten aus der Zeit 1933-1945 nur zu Zwecken der staatsbürgerlichen Aufklärung, der Abwehr verfassungswidriger und -feindlicher Bestrebungen, der wissenschaftlichen und kulturhistorischen Forschung oder der Berichterstattung über die Vorgänge des Zeitgeschehens erwerben. (§ 86a StGB).
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Extra Fine painted
Scale
Scale 1:30
Material
Metal-Alloy
Number of parts
3
Epoch
World War II
Time
1940
Nationality/Location
Germany
State
New
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
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