1305 F6F-Hellcat WWII - Italeri 1/72  [IT-1305S]

Period: 2nd World War

Country: Usa

Model Dim.: 14 cm

F6F-3/5 HELLCAT

The Hellcat could be the best carrier-based fighter aircraft become used by the Allies during World War 2. Despite its ponderous appearance and considerable fat, it possessed outstanding control traits, of guaranteed in full by the powerful PW R-2800 motor. Along with its robust framework, this enabled it to manage the countless types of Japanese fighters of contained in the Pacific Ocean movie theatre. The Hellcat joined with solution in 1943 and quickly became the original fighter the usa Navy. Although initially used in the same way a fighter, it had been later on used an as environment support aircraft for troops, making use of various size bombs and air-to-surface rockets. The F6 have now been utilized by the Royal Navy in Asia plus the north Atlantic, simply because French Navy, who received it after war, tried it ahead of the mid 50s.