*CORGI FIGHTER SCRAMBLE : P-38 LIGHTNING ""LITTLE EVA""* 1:50 Scale Diecast Model
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Corgi Fighter Scramble Lockheed P-38 Lightning \u2018Little Eva\u2019 Calvin C \u2018Cal\u2019 Wire\n\nAircraft Number: 170\nSquadron: 433rd\nSerial number: 44-25880\n\nNose Art: Little Eva\nPilot: Lt. Calvin C. Wire\n\nFirst Lieutenant Calvin C. 'Cal' Wire\nCalvin Charles \u201CCal\u201D Wire, born on 15 April 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, entered the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war by the U.S., he requested and was granted a transfer to the U.S. Army Air Forces. He graduated from flight training at Williams Field, Arizona on 6 February 1943 and trained on P-38s at Muroc and Santa Ana, California.\n\nOn 9 July 1943 Lieutenant Wire joined the newly formed 475th Fighter Group in Brisbane, Australia and was assigned to the 433rd Fighter Squadron. On 2 September he flew his first combat mission in the New Guinea area escorting B-24 bombers. Over Wewak, Wire\u2019s Lightning was cut off from the squadron by four Zekes. In.
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