1305 Italeri - 1/72 F6F-3/5 Hellcat WWII  [IT-1305S]

Period: 2nd World War

Country: United States Of America

Model Dim.: 14 cm

F6F-3/5 HELLCAT

The Hellcat can be the most effective carrier-based fighter aircraft become employed by the Allies during World War 2. Despite its ponderous look and considerable fat, it possessed outstanding handling traits, of guaranteed by the powerful PW R-2800 motor. Coupled with its robust framework, this enabled it to deal with the countless kinds of Japanese fighters of present in the Pacific Ocean movie theater. The Hellcat joined up with solution in 1943 and quickly became the traditional fighter the US Navy. Although in the beginning used just as a fighter, it was later on utilized an as environment support aircraft for troops, using different size bombs and air-to-surface rockets. The F6 have already been used by the Royal Navy in Asia as well as the north Atlantic, simply because French Navy, whom received it following war, tried it prior to the mid 50s.