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F6F-5 late 1:48 SCALE PLASTIC KIT US WWII FIGHTER 8224 intro There are few aircraft types that took part in combat during World War Two, that can be described with such one sided outcomes in terms of kill : loss ratio as the Hellcat. Representing the middle of the Grumman Cat lineage, the Hellcat was a unique type right from its beginnings. Success of its older brother, the Wildcat, which carried on its shoulders the bulk of the strain of the Pacific air war in 1942, prompted the US Navy to give Grumman free reign over the independent development of a new fighter. This type was to act as insurance in the event the concept of the F4U Corsair turned out unsuccessful. Grumman designers set forth with the design, with emphasis on ease of manufacture, performance and suitability for carrier ops. On the 30th of June, 1941, as Corsair production was initiating, the Navy signed an order for two prototype XF6F-1s, and a star was born. Original expectations centered around development of the proven F4F Wildcat, which was to be dominated by installation of more powerful engines. As such, this eventually evolved into a new fighter altogether. The US Navy also had accumulated combat experience, and was able to incorporate pilot suggestions into the design. The Hellcat was some 60% heavier than the Wildcat, was more heavily armed, had a more powerful engine, was more heavily armored, carried more fuel and was generally of a more robust construction. The first prototype took to the air on June 26th, 1942, and by January, 1943 equipped the first Navy unit, Vf-9, on the deck of the Essex. The new type was called Hellcat. The name not only suggested the place to which her enemies would be sent, but was also a play on words. The term in the old west referred to barroom brawlers, and that was what the Navy wanted: a tough fighter with hard fists, that could absorb punishment and had stamina. The Hellcat line didn't result in the most elegant of fighters. It was, after all, over twice as heavy as its main adversary, the Japanese A6M Zero. But elegance certainly doesn't play a pivotal role in terms of the potential survival of the pilot. It was a fighter first and foremost in every sense of the word, designed around the requirements of the pilot to fulfill the combat mission for which it was designed and he was trained. The initial version, F6F-3, was supplanted by the dash five, which modified the canopy, cowl, bombracks and droptanks. The first combat engagement of the enemy occurred on September 1st, 1943, when an Emily was flamed by the half inch guns of two Hellcats. Their advantage over Japanese fighters was well demonstrated on February 16th, 1944, when, in the vicinity of Truk, over 100 fighters were claimed in the air and over 150 on the ground for the loss of four aircraft. Five days later, in the Marianas, a further 160 enemy aircraft were destroyed in the air and on the ground Often one sided combat was documented in the battle for the Philippine Sea that culminated on June 19th, 1944 in the now legendary 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot', where Hellcat pilots claimed some 350 enemy aircraft destroyed. A further turkey hunt took place between October 12th and 14th, 1944 over Formosa, seeing the destruction, at the hands of Hellcat pilots, of 300 enemy aircraft for the loss of 27. In October, 1944, the Japanese began to escalate night attacks, bringing on a requirement for night fighters to counter them. USAAF P-61s were too far off. Night fighting variants of the Hellcat were introduced in the form of the F6f-5N and F6F-3N, equipped with radar. This new role for the Hellcat first appeared at the end of fall, 1944 during the intensification of kamikaze attacks, that required the interception of unorthodox attacks by aircraft that avoided air to air combat. Other major combat was seen over the Japanese islands over the first half of 1945. Although the Hellcat was progressively replaced by its stablemate F4U Corsair, it served in the combat role up to the end of the war. Under the designation Hellcat F Mk 1 and II, several hundred served with the Royal Navy, notably in the Atlantic covering convoys, and also in the Far East. According to statistics, there were 12275 Hellcats of all versions made. For the loss of 270 of these, Hellcat pilots claimed 5156 kills. That accounts for over half of USN and USMC victories. The Hellcat also became the most successful carrier based fighter in the Pacific in under two years of ops. Lumbering, awkward at first glance, lacking in elegance, barroom brawler – wild, tough, a fearless hulk, able to clear a saloon before turning three times…..that was the Hellcat in the skies over the Pacific. Není mnoho letounù druhé svìtové války, o kterých by bylo možno hovoøit tak jednoznaènì, pokud jde o pomìr vítìzství a porážek, jako o Hellcatu. Prostøední z rodiny grummanových koèek se od zabìhnutých zpùsobù života odlišoval již od poèátku. Úspìchy staršího bratra, Wildcatu, který v roce 1942 nesl na svých bedrech pøevážnou tíhu letecké války v Pacifiku, vedlo US Navy k rozhodnutí dát Grummanu volné ruce k samostatnému vývoji nového stíhacího letounu. Ten mìl v pøípadì potøeby nahradit rodící se projekt F4U Corsair, pokud by se jeho koncepce neosvìdèila. Konstruktéøi Grummanu se pustili do vývoje letounu, který mìl být nepøíliš nároèný na výrobu, výkonný a snadno použitelný jako palubní stíhaèka. 30. èervna 1941, v den kdy byla zadána sériová výroba Corsairù, podepsala Navy objednávku na dva prototypy XF6F-1. Hvìzda pacifického nebe zaèala vycházet. Pùvodní pøedpoklad uvažoval pouze o inovacích osvìdèeného typu F4F Wildcat, ve kterých mìlo dominovat zabudování silnìjšího motoru. Avšak v konstrukèních kanceláøích Grummanu brzy zaèal vznikat zcela nový letoun. US Navy již také mìla dostatek bojových zkušeností, aby mohlo být výraznì pøihlédnuto k požadavkùm pilotù. Nový typ, o 60 % tìžší než Wildcat, mìl silnìjší výzbroj, motor, pancéøování, vìtší palivové nádrže a celkovì robusnìjší konstrukci. První prototyp vzlétl 26. èervna 1942 a již 16. ledna 1943 byla letouny F6F vyzbrojena první bojová jednotka – VF-9, sídlící na palubì letadlové lodi Essex. Nový letoun dostal pojmenování „Hellcat“. Více než pøíznaèné jméno neznamená jen koèku odnášející si do pekla své nepøátele; byla to høíèka se slovy na druhou – Hellcat ve slangu ostøílených hochù amerického západu znamená „hospodský rváè“. A takového Navy potøebovala – silný letoun s tvrdými pìstmi, který by leccos vydržel a ve rvaèce tak snadno neztratil dech... Linie Hellcatu z nìj netvoøí nejelegantnìjší letoun své doby. Vždy byl více než dvakrát tìžší, než jeho hlavní protivník – Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Ale o eleganci jistì v efektivnosti vzdušného boje a potenciálu pro pøežití pilota až tak nejde. Hellcat byl pøedevším rváèem šitým na míru potøebám pilotù a specifice válèištì, pro které byl urèen. První variantu F6F-3 brzy doplnila F6F-5 se zmìnami v pøekrytu kabiny, krytù motoru, závìsníky pum a pøídavných nádrží. První vzdušný støet s nepøítelem pøišel 1. záøí 1943, kdy se pod dávkami pùlpalcových kulometù dvou Hellcatù k zemi zøítila Emily. Svou pøevahu nad japonskými stíhaèkami ukázali piloti Hellcatù více než ukázkovì 16. února 1944, kdy v oblasti Truku sestøelili více než 100 japonských letounù a dalších 150 znièili na zemi – a to pøi vlastní ztrátì ètyø strojù. Jen o pìt dní pozdìji v oblasti Marianas Islands znièili pacifiètí rváèi ve vzduchu i na zemi dalších více než 160 letounù protivníka. Velmi èasté mohutné støety období bitvy o Filipínské moøe vyvrcholily 19. èervna 1944 povìstným „lovem mariánských krocanù“, kdy piloti Hellcatù znièili více než 350 letounù protivníka. Další „lov na krocany“ se uskuteènil ve dnech 12. – 14. øíjna 1944 nad oblastí Formosy – bìhem tøí dnù nárokovali piloti Hellcatù pøes 300 vzdušných vítìzství pøi ztrátì 27 vlastních strojù. Když v øíjnu 1944 Japonci zaèali zvyšovat své noèní útoky, pøišla potøeba nasazení noèních stíhaèù. Letouny P-61 od USAAF, které by mohly pomoci, byly pøíliš vzdálené. Proto byly urychlenì nasazeny noèní stíhací varianty Hellcatu, oznaèované jako F6F-5N a F6F-3N se zabudovaným radarem. Nová role pro Hellcaty pøišla koncem podzimu 1944 pøi zvýšeném nasazení kamikaze, kdy museli jejich piloti zastavovat neobvykle útoèící protivníky, kteøí se zcela vyhýbali støetùm ve stíhacích soubojích. K dalším velkým bojùm, tentokrát již v oblasti japonských ostrovù, docházelo po celou první polovinu roku 1945. Aèkoliv byl Hellcat koncem války postupnì nahrazován svým souputníkem F4U Corsair, v bojové službì vydržel až do konce války. Pod názvem Hellcat F Mk I. a II. sloužilo nìkolik set tìchto strojù také u Royal Navy, zejména v Atlantiku pøi ochranì konvojù a také na Dálném východì. Podle statistik bylo vyrobeno 12275 Hellcatù všech verzí. Pøi ztrátách 270 vlastních strojù dosáhli jejich piloti 5156 sestøelù. To je více než polovina všech vzdušných vítìzství USN a USMC. Z Hellcatu se tak za necelé dva roky bojové služby stal nejúspìšnìjší palubní letoun Pacifiku. Mohutný, na první pohled neforemný, jakoby bez elegance, hospodský rváè - divoký, silný, nebojácný poøez, který se tøikrát otoèil a byl schopný vybílit celý saloon. Takový byl Hellcat na pacifickém nebi. úvodem

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  • F6F-5 late1:48 SCALE PLASTIC KITUS WWII FIGHTER

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    intro There are few aircraft types that took part in combat during World War Two, that can be described with such one sided outcomes in terms of kill : loss ratioas the Hellcat. Representing the middle of the Grumman Cat lineage, the Hellcat was a unique type right from its beginnings. Success of its older brother, the Wildcat, which carried on its shoulders the bulk of the strain of the Pacific air war in 1942, prompted the US Navy to give Grumman free reign over the independent development of a new fighter. This type was to act as insurance in the event the concept of the F4U Corsair turned out unsuccessful. Grumman designers set forth with the design, with emphasis on ease of manufacture, performance and suitability for carrier ops. On the 30th of June, 1941, as Corsair production was initiating, the Navy signed an order for two prototype XF6F-1s, and a star was born. Original expectations centered around development of the proven F4F Wildcat, which was to be dominated by installation of more powerful engines. As such, this eventually evolved into a new fighter altogether. The US Navy also had accumulated combat experience, and was able to incorporate pilot suggestions into the design. The Hellcat was some 60% heavier than the Wildcat, was more heavily armed, had a more powerful engine, was more heavily armored, carried more fuel and was generally of a more robust construction. The first prototype took to the air on June 26th, 1942, and by January, 1943 equipped the first Navy unit, Vf-9, on the deck of the Essex. The new type was called Hellcat. The name not only suggested the place to which her enemies would be sent, but was also a play on words. The term in the old west referredto barroom brawlers, and that was what the Navy wanted: a tough fighter with hard fists, that could absorb punishment and had stamina. The Hellcat line didn't result in the most elegant of fighters. It was, after all, over twice as heavy as its main adversary, the Japanese A6M Zero. But elegance certainly doesn't playa pivotal role in terms of the potential survival of the pilot. It was a fighter first and foremost in every sense of the word, designed around the requirementsof the pilot to fulfill the combat mission for which it was designed and he was trained. The initial version, F6F-3, was supplanted by the dash five, which modified the canopy, cowl, bombracks and droptanks. The first combat engagement of the enemy occurred on September 1st, 1943, when an Emily was flamed by the half inch guns of two Hellcats. Their advantage over Japanese fighters was well demonstrated on February 16th, 1944, when, in the vicinityof Truk, over 100 fighters were claimed in the air and over 150 on the ground for the loss of four aircraft. Five days later, in the Marianas, a further 160 enemy aircraft were destroyed in the air and on the ground Often one sided combat was documented in the battle for the Philippine Sea that culminated on June 19th, 1944 in the now legendary 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot', where Hellcat pilots claimed some 350 enemy aircraft destroyed. A further turkey hunt took place between October 12th and 14th, 1944 over Formosa, seeing the destruction, at the hands of Hellcat pilots, of 300 enemy aircraft for the loss of 27. In October, 1944, the Japanese began to escalate night attacks, bringing on a requirement for night fighters to counter them. USAAF P-61s were too far off. Night fighting variants of the Hellcat were introduced in the form of the F6f-5N and F6F-3N, equipped with radar. This new role for the Hellcat first appeared at the endof fall, 1944 during the intensification of kamikaze attacks, that required the interception of unorthodox attacks by aircraft that avoided air to air combat. Other major combat was seen over the Japanese islands over the first half of 1945. Although the Hellcat was progressively replaced by its stablemate F4U Corsair,it served in the combat role up to the end of the war. Under the designation Hellcat F Mk 1 and II, several hundred served with the Royal Navy, notably in the Atlantic covering convoys, and also in the Far East. According to statistics, there were 12275 Hellcats of all versions made. For the loss of 270 of these, Hellcat pilots claimed 5156 kills. That accounts for over half of USN and USMC victories. The Hellcat also became the most successful carrier based fighter in the Pacific in under two years of ops. Lumbering, awkward at first glance, lacking in elegance, barroom brawler wild, tough, a fearless hulk, able to cleara saloon before turning three times..that was the Hellcat in the skies over the Pacific.

    Nen mnoho letoun druh svtov vlky, o kterch by bylo mono hovoit tak jednoznan, pokud jde o pomr vtzstv a porek, jako o Hellcatu. Prostedn z rodiny grummanovch koek se od zabhnutch zpsob ivota odlioval ji od potku. spchy starho bratra, Wildcatu, kter v roce 1942 nesl na svch bedrech pevnou thu leteck vlky v Pacifiku, vedlo US Navy k rozhodnut dt Grummanu voln ruce k samostatnmu vvoji novho sthacho letounu. Ten ml v ppad poteby nahradit rodc se projekt F4U Corsair, pokud by se jeho koncepce neosvdila. Konstrukti Grummanuse pustili do vvoje letounu, kter ml bt nepli nron na vrobu, vkonn a snadno pouiteln jako palubn sthaka. 30. ervna 1941, v den kdy byla zadna sriov vroba Corsair, podepsala Navy objednvku na dva prototypy XF6F-1. Hvzda pacifickho nebe zaala vychzet. Pvodn pedpoklad uvaoval pouze o inovacch osvdenho typu F4F Wildcat, ve kterch mlo dominovat zabudovn silnjho motoru. Avak v konstruknch kancelch Grummanu brzy zaal vznikat zcela nov letoun. US Navy ji tak mla dostatek bojovch zkuenost, aby mohlo bt vrazn pihldnuto k poadavkm pilot. Nov typ, o 60 % t ne Wildcat, ml silnj vzbroj, motor, pancovn, vt palivov ndre a celkov robusnj konstrukci. Prvn prototyp vzltl 26. ervna 1942 a ji 16. ledna 1943 byla letouny F6F vyzbrojena prvn bojov jednotka VF-9, sdlc na palub letadlov lodi Essex. Nov letoun dostal pojmenovn Hellcat. Vce ne pznan jmno neznamen jen koku odnejc si do pekla sv neptele; byla to hka se slovy na druhou Hellcat ve slangu ostlench hoch americkho zpadu znamen hospodsk rv. A takovho Navy potebovala siln letoun s tvrdmi pstmi, kterby leccos vydrel a ve rvace tak snadno neztratil dech... Linie Hellcatu z nj netvo nejelegantnj letoun sv doby. Vdy byl vce ne dvakrt t, ne jeho hlavn protivnk Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Ale o eleganci jist v efektivnosti vzdunho boje a potencilu pro peit pilota a tak nejde. Hellcat byl pedevm rvem itm na mru potebm pilot a specifice vlit, pro kter byl uren. Prvn variantu F6F-3 brzy doplnila F6F-5 se zmnami v pekrytu kabiny, kryt motoru, zvsnky pum a pdavnch ndr. Prvn vzdun stet s neptelem piel 1. z 1943, kdy se pod dvkami plpalcovch kulomet dvou Hellcat k zemi ztila Emily. Svou pevahu nad japonskmi sthakami ukzali piloti Hellcat vce ne ukzkov 16. nora 1944, kdy v oblasti Truku sestelili vce ne 100 japonskch letoun a dalch 150 zniili na zemi a to pi vlastn ztrt ty stroj. Jen o pt dn pozdji v oblasti Marianas Islands zniili pacifit rvi ve vzduchu i na zemi dalch vce ne 160 letoun protivnka. Velmi ast mohutn stety obdob bitvy o Filipnsk moe vyvrcholily 19. ervna 1944 povstnm lovem marinskch krocan, kdy piloti Hellcat zniili vce ne 350 letoun protivnka. Dal lov na krocany se uskutenil ve dnech12. 14. jna 1944 nad oblast Formosy bhem t dn nrokovali piloti Hellcat pes 300 vzdunch vtzstv pi ztrt 27 vlastnch stroj. Kdy v jnu 1944 Japonci zaali zvyovat sv non toky, pila poteba nasazen nonch stha. Letouny P-61 od USAAF, kter by mohly pomoci, byly pli vzdlen. Proto byly urychlen nasazeny non sthac varianty Hellcatu, oznaovan jako F6F-5N a F6F-3N se zabudovanm radarem. Nov role pro Hellcaty pila koncem podzimu 1944 pi zvenm nasazen kamikaze, kdy museli jejich piloti zastavovat neobvykle toc protivnky, kte se zcela vyhbali stetmve sthacch soubojch. K dalm velkm bojm, tentokrt ji v oblasti japonskch ostrov, dochzelo po celou prvn polovinu roku 1945. Akoliv byl Hellcat koncem vlky postupn nahrazovn svm souputnkem F4U Corsair, v bojov slub vydrel a do konce vlky. Pod nzvem Hellcat F Mk I. a II. slouilo nkolik set tchto stroj tak u Royal Navy, zejmna v Atlantiku pi ochran konvoj a tak na Dlnm vchod. Podle statistik bylo vyrobeno 12275 Hellcat vech verz. Pi ztrtch 270 vlastnch stroj doshli jejich piloti 5156 sestel. To je vce ne polovina vech vzdunch vtzstv USN a USMC. Z Hellcatuse tak za necel dva roky bojov sluby stal nejspnj palubn letoun Pacifiku. Mohutn, na prvn pohled neforemn, jakoby bez elegance, hospodsk rv - divok, siln, nebojcn poez, kter se tikrt otoil a byl schopn vyblit cel saloon. Takov byl Hellcat na pacifickm nebi.

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    2 pcs.

    H54C14

    NAVY BLUE

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    G4

    PE76

    PE75

    G40

    G14

    G51

    G4

    G51G40

    G22

    G47

    G9

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    G14

    G17

    G25

    G18

    G10

    G46

    G14

    G40

    G4

    G51

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    G42G17

    G22

    G18

    G20

    G37

    G38

    G25

    G26

    G4

    G51

    G18 G20

    G4

    G51

    G41

    G42

    G37 G38

    G25 G26

    G17 G22

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    G41

    G42

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    Undecarriage, wheel discs, wheel wells in lower surfaces color. Podvozkov achty, nohy a stedy kol v barv spodnch ploch.

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    G1

    G11

    G36

    H77C137

    TIRE BLACK

    H77C137

    TIRE BLACK

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    G36

    G11

    H77C137

    TIRE BLACK

    H77C137

    TIRE BLACK

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    G42

    G41

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    E8

    E9

    G24G24

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    G29ALUMINIUM

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    E19

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    PE69 PE83

    G24G24

    G13

    PE65PE65

    PE65PE65

    PE83

    H80C54

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    DARK IRONMC214

    DARK IRONMC214

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    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    2 pcs. 2 pcs.

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    H51C11

    LIGHT GRAY

    H80C54

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    H12C33

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    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    ALUMINIUMMC218

    H51C11

    LIGHT GRAY

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

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    F1

    H51C11

    LIGHT GRAY

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    H12C33

    FLAT BLACK

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    H51C11

    LIGHT GRAY

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    PE82

    PE65PE65

    PE65PE65

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    DARK IRONMC214

    DARK IRONMC214

    DARK IRONMC214

    ALUMINIUMMC218

    PE69

    H80C54

    KHAKI GREEN

    PE67

    ALUMINIUMMC218

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    PE72 PE71

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    2 pcs.

    2 pcs.3 pcs.

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    E3 pcs.

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    G49

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    E17

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  • A VF-12 or VBF-12, USS Randolph, May, 1945

    12BLACK H1233 4

    H4YELLOWNAVY BLUE H5414 62H11WHITE

    DARK IRON MC214

    H5414

    H1233

    4H4

    19 18 2 3

    32

    3715

    2

    2

    142

    1819

    32

    FF

    H5414

    H5414

    H5414

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    43+44

    H9047

    H9148

    H94

    62H11

    62H11

    62H11

    19 19

    62H11

    62H11

    17

    MC214

    This aircraft from Carrier Air Group 12 was photographed onboard the USS Randolph (CV-15). The white geometric identification symbols (so-called G symbols) were introduced on the 27th of January, 1945, to standardize the variety of carrier air group markings. The symbols identified the parent carrier. However these markings proved to be hardto remember and difficult to describe on the radio. Therefore a new identification system consisting of one or two letters was ordered on July 27th, 1945. The Randolph took partin combat against Japan from February 10th, 1945 when it participated in an attack on the Tokyo area the first aircraft carrier attack on the Japanese homeland since the famous Doolittle raid in 1942. On March 11th, she was hit by a Kamikaze while in Ulithi. Within a few days, she was back in service and fought against the Japanese until the end of WW2.

    Tento letoun by vyfotografovn na palub letadlov lodi Randolph (CV-15). Vrazn bl zbarven svisl ocasn plochy a kidlek bylo rozpoznvacm znakem letadel z paluby Randolphu. Tyto geometrick obrazce, zvan G-symbols, byly oficiln zavedeny 27. ledna 1945 a pouvaly se a do 27. ervence 1945. Pot byly nahrazeny jedno-i dvoupsmennm kdem. Dvodem zmny byla obtn zapamatovatelnost a sdlitelnost prostednictvm vyslaky. Randolph se astnil boj proti Japonsku od 10. nora 1945, kdy se stal soust toku na Tokyo provnho toku na japonsk matesk ostrovy vedenho z palub letadlovch lod od pamtnho nletu bombardr plk. Doolittla v roce 1942. Dne 11. bezna byl v kotviti v Ulithi zasaen letounem kamikaze. Bhem nkolika dn se vak zapojil zpt do vlenho sil, kde setrval a do konce vlky.

  • 13

    B LCDR T. Hugh Winters, Jr., VF-19, USS Lexington, late October, 1944

    BLACK H1233 4H4YELLOWNAVY BLUE H5414

    DARK IRON MC214

    H5414

    H1233

    4H4

    16 29 2 29 20

    32

    3715

    2

    2

    29202

    2916

    32

    H5414

    H5414

    H5414

    41+42

    43+44

    H9047

    H9148

    H94

    62H11

    16 16

    38 39

    39 38 11 12

    17

    MC214

    This Hellcat, named Hanger Lilly, was flown by LCDR T. Hugh Winters, Jr., CAG-19. Eight killmarks on the fuselage appeared on this Hellcat in late October, just a few days before Winters last kill. Winters achieved his last victory on November 5, 1944. He destroyed an Oscar fighter over Manila, the Philippines, bringing his score to eight confirmed and one unconfirmed kills. Na tomto stroji ltal fregatn kapitn T. Hugh Winters, Jr., velitel CAG-19. Ten jej pojmenoval Hanger Lilly. Letoun ltal v tto podob jen pr dn ped tm, ne Winters doshl svj posledn sestel a uzavel sv skre na osmi jistch a jednom potvrzenm sestelu. Tm poslednm byla japonsk sthaka typu Oscar sestelen 5. listopadu 1944 nad filipnskou Manilou.

  • 14

    C VF-29, USS Cabot, January March, 1945

    BLACK H1233 4H4YELLOWNAVY BLUE H5414 62

    H11WHITE

    DARK IRON MC214

    H5414 62

    H11

    H1233

    4H4

    34 35 2 36 30

    32

    3715

    2

    40

    2

    33

    62H11 3631

    235

    34

    32

    FF

    H5414

    H5414

    H5414

    41+42

    43+44

    H9047

    H9148

    H94

    34 3417

    MC214

    This Hellcat, as well as others in this kit, wears the typical late-war naval camouflage scheme of overall Gloss Sea Blue. The white symbols on the fin and ailerons identify this aircraft as being from the Cabot (CVL-28). These markings, the so-called G-symbols, were sprayed on the aircraft using templates, often not very carefully. The Cabot took partin the war against Japan till March, 1945 when she was sent to the States for overhaul. She survived a Kamikaze attack on November 25th, 1944 and lost 62 men, killed or injured. Carrier Air Group 29 flew from Cabots deck from October 1944 to April 1945. Tento Hellcat z VF-29, stejn jako dal stroje nabzen v tto stavebnici, nese typick kamufln schma tto fze konfliktu v Pacifiku, tvoen lesklou tmav modrou barvouna vech plochch. Bl symboly na svisl ocasn ploe a kidlkch oznaovaly pslunost letadel k CVL-28 Cabot. Toto oznaen, tzv. G-symbols bylo na letouny stkno dle ablon, mnohdy pomrn nedbale. Lehk letadlov lo Cabot (CVL-28) se podlela na bojch proti Japonsku a do bezna 1945, kdy byla odeslna do Stt ke generln oprav. Pestla t zsah kamikaze dne 25. listopadu 1944, kter zranil i zabil 62 mu osdky. Leteck skupina 29 psobila z jej paluby od jna 1944 do dubna 1945.

  • D

    15BLACK H1233 4

    H4YELLOWNAVY BLUE H5414 316H316WHITE

    DARK IRON MC214

    H5414

    H1233

    4H4

    8 2 7 6

    32

    3715

    2

    2

    562

    32

    H5414

    H5414

    H5414

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    43+44

    H9047

    H9148

    H94

    62H11

    10 10

    9 39

    39 9 13

    316H316

    11

    FF

    8

    17

    MC214

    White 115, Death and Destruction, BuNo 72534, ENS Donald McPherson,Bill Kingston, Jr., and Lyttleton Ward, VF-83, USS Essex, May 5th, 1945

    From the end of January, 1945, US Navy aircraft in the Pacific carried striking geometric symbols. Markings such as the hourglass belonged to aircraft of the USS Essex. White 115 also had an emblem consisting of a skull and crossbones and the inscription Death and Destruction. The victory tally painted on the cockpit sides possibly includes the total of the pilots that flew the plane. White 115 was mostly flown by Ensigns Donald McPherson, Bill Kingston, Jr., and Lyttleton Ward, downing three Alfs and one Oscar during one of the most concentrated Kamikaze attacks on TF-58 ships on May 4th, 1945. During this event, Ward attained ace status.Od konce ledna 1945 nesly stroje americkho nmonictva v Pacifiku vrazn geometrick symboly. Symbol pespacch hodin patil strojm letadlov lodi USS Essex. Bl 115 nesla emblm lebky se zkenmi hnty a npis "Death And Destruction" a sestely pod kabinou, kter pravdpodobn representovaly skre stroje. Letoun byl pouvn rznmi piloty, lety na nm absolvovali Donald McPherson, Bill Kingston Jr. a Lyttleton Ward, jen dne 4.kvtna 1945 bhem jednoho z nejvtch tok pilot Kamikaze na plavidla TF-58na tomto stroji doshl t sestel stroj Alf a jednoho sestelu Oscara a zrove i statutu esa.

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