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Our showroom will be open Saturday 12th Oct. We will also be at the Big Model Train Show 12th & 13th Oct at Cowles Stadium. -The Team at IronHorse Hobbies
Our showroom will be open Saturday 12th Oct. We will also be at the Big Model Train Show 12th & 13th Oct at Cowles Stadium. -The Team at IronHorse Hobbies

Academy 12267 1:48 F4U-4B Corsair

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? WWII US Navy carrier-based fighter plane with inverted gull wing
? Fully detailed cockpit compartment and engine
? Complete with rockets, bombs and 20mm cannons
? 1:48 scale plastic model kit from Academy, requires paint and glue

History
The Corsair was designed and operated as a carrier-based aircraft, and entered service in large numbers with the U.S. Navy in late 1944 and early 1945. It quickly became one of the most capable carrier-based fighter-bombers of World War II. Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II and its naval aviators achieved an 11:1 kill ratio. Early problems with carrier landings and logistics led to it being eclipsed as the dominant carrier-based fighter by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsair's initial prototype in 1940. Instead, the Corsair's early deployment was to land-based squadrons of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.

The Corsair served almost exclusively as a fighter-bomber throughout the Korean War and during the French colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria. In addition to its use by the U.S. and British, the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, French Naval Aviation, and other air forces until the 1960s.

From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured in 16 separate models. Its 1942?1953 production run was the longest of any U.S. piston-engined fighter.

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