Produced by Carousel 1, this model depicts a US Marine F-4 flown by aviator Joe Foss. Joe Foss was one of the heroes of Guadalcanal, where America halted Japan's Pacific offensive. After graduating from the University of South Dakota in 1940, Foss enlisted in Marine Aviation. The Marines landed on Guadalcanal (Code name: "Cactus") on 7 August 1942, but for months the Japanese Navy dominated the seas around Guadalcanal and shelled the Marines nightly. Foss and Marine Fighting Squadron 121 arrived in October. Four days after landing on Guadalcanal, Foss experienced his first air combat on 13 October, when he shot down a Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" before three other Zeroes shot up his F4F and forced him to land with a dead engine. The 1/48 scale model has a wingspan of 9 ¼” and a length of 8”. It has full cockpit details with a removable pilot figure. The landing gear can be displayed as extended or retracted. No screws are exposed on this model. The display base and box are each uniquely decorated.
The Grumman F4F Wildcat was an American carrier-based fighter that began service with both the United States Navy and the Fleet Air Arm in 1940. Although first used in combat by the British in Europe, the Wildcat would become the primary carrier fighter for the first year and a half of the United States Navy's involvement in World War II in the Pacific Theater. The FM Wildcat, an improved version built by General Motors, remained in service throughout the remainder of the war on escort carriers, where larger and heavier fighters could not be used.
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