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F6F-5N Hellcat Maj. Bruce Porter, C.O., VMF (N)-542, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, May 1945 HA0304 Hobby Master Scale 1:32

Highly detailed Hobby Master model warbird
F6F-5N Hellcat Maj. Bruce Porter, C.O., VMF (N)-542, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, May 1945 HA0304 Hobby Master Scale 1:32
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Highly detailed Hobby Master model warbird F6F-5N Hellcat Maj. Bruce Porter, C.O., VMF (N)-542, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, May 1945 Item#: HA0304 Scale: 1:32 F6F-5N Hellcat (British Hellcat N.F. Mk II) Night fighter version, fitted with an AN/APS-6 radar. Some were armed with two 20 mm (0.79 in) AN/M2 cannon in the inner wing bays and four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in the outer. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy (USN) service. The Hellcat competed with the faster Vought F4U Corsair for use as a carrier based fighter. However, the Corsair had significant issues with carrier landings which the Hellcat did not, allowing the Hellcat to become the Navy's dominant fighter in the second part of World War II, a position the Hellcat did not relinquish. The Corsair instead was primarily deployed to great effect in land-based use by the U.S. Marine Corps. Although the F6F resembled the Wildcat in some ways, it was a completely new design, powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800, the same powerplant used for both the Corsair and the United States Army Air Force's (USAAF) Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. Some military observers tagged the Hellcat as the "Wildcat's big brother". The F6F was best known for its role as a rugged, well-designed carrier fighter which was able, after its combat debut in early 1943, to counter the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and help secure air superiority over the Pacific Theater. Such was the quality of the basic simple, straightforward design, that the Hellcat was the least modified fighter of the war, with a total of 12,200 being built in just over two years. Hellcats were credited with destroying 5,223 aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm This was more than any other Allied naval aircraft. Postwar, the Hellcat was phased out of frontline service, but remained in service as late as 1954 as a night fighter.
Additional Info
  • Stock#
    HA0304
  • Brand
    Hobby Master
  • Country of Manufacture
  • Scale
    1:32
  • Material
    N/A
  • Aircraft Type
    Fixed-Winged
  • Era
    World War II
  • Aircraft
    F6 (Hellcat)
  • Propulsion
    Propeller-Driven
  • Role
    Fighter / Interception
  • Country
    United States
Warning: Choking Hazard! Contains small parts. Not a toy. Not for children under 3 years.
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