1/72 Corgi (AA28101) Curtiss P40B Warhawk (160) flown by Pearl Harbor Defender 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th PS 15th PG U.S.A.A.F. on 7th Dec. 1941 (Limted Edition #132 of Only 1500)

1/72 Corgi (AA28101) Curtiss P40B Warhawk (160) flown by Pearl Harbor Defender 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th PS 15th PG U.S.A.A.F. on 7th Dec. 1941 (Limted Edition #132 of Only 1500)

 Lt. George Welch was one of eleven American pilots who managed to get their planes off the ground and engage the Japanese on the morning of December 7th, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Welch shot down three Aichi D3A Type 99 “Val” dive bombers and one Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 (“Zero”) fighter during two sorties that morning. For the first sortie only his .30 cal wing guns were armed, he then shot out of ammo after having obtained two kills, landed, the plane was refueled and both .50 and .30 cal guns were rearmed, and Welch went back up for a second sortie obtaining two further victories. Both Welch and Kenneth Taylor received the Distinguished Service Cross for their valor in combat, but were denied the Medal of Honor because they took their planes into combat without orders that morning.