Academy 12350 1/48 SB2U-3 Vindicator "Battle of Midway 80th Anniversary"

Price: HK$155.00

Highlights:

- plastic parts by Accurate Miniatures

- photo-etched parts

- masks for canopy painting

Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.356 kg

Description

Vought SB2U Vindicator

World War Two
U.S. dive bomber
the first monoplane dive bomber developed in the 1930s.
Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway.
All had been withdrawn to training units by 1943.
known as V-156-B1 Chesapeake in Royal Navy service.
VMSB-131 & VMSB-241 were the only two U.S. Marine Corps squadrons equipping with SB2U-3 between March 1941 and September 1943.
Battle of Midway (5 June 1942) - Captain Richard E. Fleming struck Japanese cruiser Mikuma (三隈) with SB2U-3's bomb, and then crashed his aircraft onto the ship, for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

Images

12350_box	SB2U-3_photo SB2U-3 Vindicator dive bomber of Marine scout bombing squadron VMSB-241 taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, during the Battle of Midway, 4-6 June.

IJN Mikuma The burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma (三隈), 6 June 1942.	AC_12324_box1

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