Fokker DR1 Triplane Werner Steinhauser

Product Info

Fokker Dr.1 564/17, Ltn WernerSteinhauser, Jasta 11, Jagdgeschwader 1, Cappy Aerodrome, France, 21st April 1918 -Last combat sortie of the Red BaronFlying one of the six Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.1 fighters which climbed away from Cappy Aerodromein the mid-morning of Sunday 21st April 1918, Werner Steinhauser was beginning to develop into an extremely gifted aviator under the guidance of his inspirational Commanding Officer, Manfred von Richthofen. When he initially joined the unit in early 1918, he only had a solitary observation balloon victory to his name, but now that he found himself in the company of some of the Luftstreitkräfte’s most gifted fighter pilots, he began to show real skill and poise during combat situations and as a consequence, his victory tally was increasing. Flying alongside von Richthofen in his own distinctively marked personalFokker Dr.1 fighter on the morning of the 21st April, Steinhauser would be involved in the intense fighting with the Sopwith Camels of RAF No.209 Squadron which ultimately resulted in the death of his mentor. The famed‘Flying Circus’ never really recovered from the loss of von Richthofen and from this date, an ever-increasing number of Allied fighters in the air at any one time would result in the loss of the majority of their most successful pilots. Going on to score a further six aerial victories after this fateful day, Werner Steinhauser would himself be shot down and killed near Neuilly on the 26th of June, just three days before he would have celebrated his 22nd birthday

What's Inside

1 x Aircraft, 1x Stand

Tech Specs

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 13
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 6.3
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 15.1
• Item Scale: 1:48 Scale
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Green/Blue
• Wingspan (mm): 151
• Detailed Crew Figures: Yes
• Fine Rigging Detail: Yes
• Fixed Undercarriage: Yes
• Folding Wings: No
• Fuel Tanks: No
• Movable Sweeping Wings: No
• Moving Parts: No
• Moving Rear/Ventral Gun(s): No
• Open/Closed Airbrake: No
• Opening Bomb Bay Doors: No
• Opening Canopy: No
• Opening Radio Hatch: No
• Optional Undercarriage Down: No
• Removeable Engine Covers: No
• Rotatable Propeller(s)/Rotor(s): Yes
• Rotatable Turret(s): No
• Sliding Door: No
• Stationary Drooping Rotor Blades: No
• Visible Gun Bay: No
• Wood Grain Effect Propeller: Yes
• Aviation Archive Special Features: Death of the Red Baron
• Aviation Photo-etched Aerial(s): No
• Aviation Armament/Weapons: Yes