A very rare Frog flying scale model Hawker Hind Biplane RAF Trainer, finished in yellow and silver, registration K2497, with Lewis gun, instructions for Hart, packing note, band inserter rod, winder, oil bottles and band (perished), in original box with 'Hawker Hind' printed on lid sides and factory-adapted Hart label on top of lid, circa 1938 (E, never flown, probably never sold with spinner, box G)

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A very rare Frog flying scale model Hawker Hind Biplane RAF Trainer, finished in yellow and silver, registration K2497, with Lewis gun, instructions for Hart, packing note, band inserter rod, winder, oil bottles and band (perished), in original box with 'Hawker Hind' printed on lid sides and factory-adapted Hart label on top of lid, circa 1938 (E, never flown, probably never sold with spinner, box G)

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Provenance

This model was bought at Hill's in Blackpool for the present owner in early 1941

Literature

See Frog Model Aircraft, Richard Lines and Leif Hellström, New Cavendish Books, p.37 and p.41; the model illustrated is described as 'the sole known surviving specimen of the flying Hind'.

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