Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid German ‘Dornier Do 24’ Flying Plane. 21722. Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid German ‘Dornier Do 24’ Flying Plane. 21722. Antiques & Militaria

This is a very rare model/silhouette of a German Dornier Do 24 Flying Plane (the Dornier Do 24 is a 1930s German three-engine flying boat designed by the Dornier Flugzeugwerke for maritime patrol and search and rescue. A total of 279 were built among several factories from 1937 to 1945. It was an all-metal parasol monoplane with a broad-beamed hull and stabilising sponsons. Twin tails were mounted on the upswept rear of the hull, while three wing-mounted tractor configuration engines powered the aircraft. Fuel was carried in tanks in the sponsons and the wing centre section. Up to 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) of bombs could be carried under the aircraft's wings, while defensive armament consisted of three gun turrets, one each in nose, dorsal and tail positions. In early aircraft the turrets were each fitted with a machine gun but later aircraft carried a 20 mm cannon in the dorsal turret. The Do 24 was one of the few German Luftwaffe aircraft that featured a tail turret. used by the Air Observer Corps during WWII as a training aid/detection tool to train and inform members of the A.O.C. in identifying and reporting aircraft during the defence of Britain from 1925 (The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996). Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers were trained and administered by a small cadre of professional full-time officers under the command of the Commandant Royal Observer Corps; latterly a serving RAF Air Commodore). Measuring; 37 ½ cm (wingspan) 30 cm in length and 7 cm in height. Made from a very lightweight softwood and painted matt black the model/silhouette shows very intricate detail *2 prop caps missing to the front of the engine bodies and a tail upright is missing- see images*. The price includes UK delivery. 21722.