Airfix AX61058

Re-released! Cessna O-1/L-19 Bird Dog (designed to be used with Airfix kits) [4121-36]

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Cessna L-19E in French service : 24-589 code AQI - A�"n-Sefra Algeria 1958, 24-572 code AME - Biskra Algeria 1962, 23-311 code AQJ - Toussus-le-Noble 1973, 24-526 code BPN - Pau 1967, 24-566 code KBP - Djibouti 1981, 24-567 code CMN - Montpellier 1981, 24-572 code BVW - Berlin 1993, 24-578 code BCM - Dax 1978. [Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog]

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Cessna O-1 Bird Dog 1. L-19A of the 8th Army was used to transport President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on an inspection trip of Korea in December of 1952. 2. TO-1D carries the high visibility Gloss White end Red scheme used for aircraft that operated over the Arctic or jungle areas. 3. Cessna O-1D " Little Annie Fanny", 199th Reconnaissance Airplane Company, the " Swamp Foxes" Vinh Long, RVN, understand was flown bu Rich Burns. Mid-60s. 4. This shark mouthed O-1D of the 19th TASS was one of the first Air Force Bird Dogs to deploy to Vietnam during July of 1963. 5. Marine Corps OE-2 (O-1C) of VMO-6 based at Chu Lai, South Vietnam during the early 1960s. 6. A number of Air Force O-1s carried three color camouflage schemes that varied from aircraft to aircraft. The Orang identification panels on the wing uppersurface helped attack aircraft spot the O-1. 7. Cessna O-1C, US Marines Corps, BuAer 140100, System Test Division, NAS Patuxent River MD, ca.1965. 8. Cessna O-1D Bird Dog, Cambodian Air Force, s/n 23529 (55-4689),Pochentong Air Base, ca 1972. 9. Cessna O-1E Bird Dog of tHe-112th Liaison Squadron, 23rd Tactical Wing, Bien Hoa during 1966. 10. MAJ Boung used this VNAF O-1A to South Vietnam with his wife and five children. MAJ Boung made the first landing bu an O-1 on an aircraft carrier, landing on USS MIDWAY on 30 April 1975.

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