 In late May 2006 he was presented with a scale model of his Spitfire by Corgi Toys.George Unwin died of natural causes 28 June 2006 at the age of 93.Unwin featured in an "exhibition about the men and women who lived, worked and fought for their country at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire from 1918 to 1961", which opened at RAF Duxford on 28 March 2013.