Press Release


The Franklin Mint

1/48 Built-Up Die Cast Military Collectibles:

March, 2009

F037 P47 Thunderbolt Big Stud Aircraft

F046 P47D Razorback Flying A First Air Commando Aircraft

F047 P51A Mustang Flip Cochran First Air Commando Aircraft

F048 C47 Burma 1944 First Air Commando Aircraft

March, 2008

E737 Junkers F13 Beni S.A. Passenger Floatplane

E744 Mosquito T111 No.58 Sq. Photo Recon Unit UK Royal AF Aircraft Benson Oxfordshire 1946

E746 SBD Dauntless A24B Air Transport Command Aircraft

E747 P38 Lightning 459th FS/80th FG WWII Aircraft

E768 F14 Tomcat VF124 US Navy Bicentennial Aircraft N.A.S.

E770 Messerschmitt Me109 IV/JG5 Luftwaffe Fighter

E771 Tornado IDS Bundesmarine Aircraft

June, 2007

E370 F4F4 Wildcat VF41 Red Rippers US Navy Aircraft, Spring 1942

E371 F4F4 Wildcat VGF29 US Navy Aircraft, Operation Torch, North African Landinds, Nov. 1942

March, 2007

E384 F86F 35NA Sabre 48th FBW Skyblazers Aerobatic Team USAF Aircraft, Chaumont, France 1956

E401 Focke Wulf Fw190 JG54 Oberst Anton Mader's WWII Luftwaffe Ace Aircraft,

Estonia 1944

E374 B24J Liberator Queen Mae 319th BS, 90th BG, 5th AF USAAF Aircraft Pacific 1943

E376 Ju87 Stuka B Stab II/St. G.1 Luftwaffe Fighter Eastern Front Late 1941

E380 B17F Flying Fortress Nine O' Nine 323rd BS, 91st BG, 8th AF USAAF Aircraft Feb.1944

E383 F4U1A Corsair VMF214 Black Sheep USMC Edwin L. Olander's Aircraft Munda, New Gerogia, Solomon Islands, Oct.1943

B810 F4U Corsair Black Sheep US Marine Corps WWII Ace Aircraft

February, 2007

E346 B25J Mitchell Russell's Raiders USAAF Aircraft, Commemorative Edition Trainer

E377 P40N Warhawk Army Pilot Class 43K Aircraft, Napier Field, Alabama 1943

E379 P38 Lightning Little Buckaroo 392nd FS, 367th FG Maj. Robert C. Buck Rogers's USAAF Aircraft, Peray, France Aug. 1944

E381 P47M 1RE Thunderbolt Fire Ball 63rd FS, 56th FG Lt. Philip G. Kuhn's USAAF WWII Aircraft, Europe 1945

E387 F4D Phantom II 555th TFS, 432nd TRW Richard Steve Ritchie's USAF Aircraft, Operation Linebacker, Udorn, Thailand 1972

E389 A10 Warthog 917th TFW Flipper USAF Aircraft, Operation Desert Storm (Camouflage)

E391 Heinkel He111P2 KG Greif Luftwaffe Aircraft, Villacoublay, France, Autumn 1940

E396 B26B 55MA Marauder Hamilton Hey Maker II 558th BS, 387th BG USAAF Aircraft, Chipping Ongar, Stoney Cross, UK; Normandy, France 1944

E402 Messerschmitt Me109 6./JG3 Unteroffizier Fran Schwaiger's Luftwaffe Aircraft, Castel Benito, Libya Feb. 1942



Due December, 2006

E178 C47 Transport Kool Kiwi US Naval Antarctic Explorer Aircraft VX6 Christ Church, New Zealand 1967

E181 B24M Liberator Million $ Baby 403rd BS/43rd BG USAAF LeShima Island, Pacific 1945

E187 B17F Flying Fortress Sweet & Lovely 533rd Sqn./381st BG/65th FW 1943-45 USAAF Ridgewell Essex UK 1943-1945 Radio Relay Aircraft

E190 AU1 Corsair US Marine Corps Low Altitude Fighter, Korean War 1952-53

E191 F6F5K Hellcat VU1/VC Utility Sqn. US Navy Drone Controller Aircraft 1946

E202 B25J Mitchell Lady Lil 498th BS/345th BG Air Apaches USAAF WWII Fighter "Lt.Albert J.Beiga" Raid on China Coast 1945

E206 B26B Marauder Gunda Din 438th BS/319th BG USAAF WWII Aircraft

E211 Focke Wulf Fw190 Luftwaffe 11/JG11 1943 Aircraft