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Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481

Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
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Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481
Grumman F6F Hellcat 1/72 academy 12481

Grumman F6F Hellcat 
1/72
Academy
 AC12481

Manufacturer: Academy
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
 

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft conceived to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in United States Navy (USN) service. The Hellcat was an erstwhile rival of the faster Vought F4U Corsair for use as a carrier based fighter. However, the Corsair had significant issues with carrier landing that the Hellcat did not, allowing the Hellcat to steal a march as 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.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.

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