HBB.80341 F6F-5N Hellcat

                               F6F-5N Hellcat 

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to replace the earlier F 4F Wildcat in United States Navy service. It was a completely new design powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800. The Hellcat was the first Navy fighter for which the design took into account lessons from combat with the Japanese Zero. The Hellcat proved to be the most successful aircraft in naval history, destroying 5,271 aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps

Twee uitvoeringen mogelijk:

• F6F-5N No.15 VF(N)-107 September 1944.
• F6F-5N No.59 VMF(N)-541 September 1945.

• Lang; 213.33 mm.
• Spanwijdte; 272.08 mm.

Humbrol verf kleur nr.'s; 22 / 30 / 33 77 / 85 / 126 / 127 / 201.