BUILT

BuNo. 5149, VF-3, USS Yorktown (CV-5) & USS Hornet (CV-8), May/June 1942

In April 1942 this Wildcat was assigned to VF-3

unit based at Kaneohe Bay airbase. The following

month it was assigned to Ens. G. F. Markham.

After that the unit was transferred on board of

USS Yorktown (CV-5). During the Battle of Midway

Fox-10 was also flown by Lt. A. J. Brassfield who

during this engagement shot down four carrier

borne D3A Val bombers and damaged another

two. Despite all the efforts of the defenders USS

Yorktown was damaged and for that reason the

surviving Yorktown pilots and her Wildcats as

well had to be transferred to USS Hornet (CV-8)

where, under the command of Lt. Cdr. Thatch, they

formed the provisional unit designated VF-3-42-8.

One of the pilots of this unit was John Burton

Bain who flew Wildcat portrayed hereby. At that

time Ens. Bain’s score stood at two confirmed

kills, A6M Zero fighter from the Battle of Coral

Sea and another Zero from the Battle of Midway,

shot down during the preceding raid on Shōkaku.

Therefore, there are two Japanese flags painted

under his windshield as a symbol of his success

in combat. The national markings in the form of

blue circles with white star and red circle in the

center were painted on both sides of the fuselage

and in four positions on the wings. They were

supplemented by red and white stripes on the

rudder. During the Battle of Midway these stripes

were painted over with the camouflage paint and

the red circles were deleted from the national

insignia. The kill marks were added only at the

time Ens. Bain was flying this aircraft.

648817 F4F-4 landing flaps PRINT (Brassin)

648829 F4F-4 wheel bay PRINT (Brassin)

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648828 F4F-4 engine PRINT (Brassin)

Accessories used:

648803

648815

648817

648828

648829

648779

648769

May 2023

F4F-4 cockpit PRINT (Brassin)

F4F-4 wheels early (Brassin)

F4F-4 landing flaps PRINT (Brassin)

F4F-4 engine PRINT (Brassin)

F4F-4 wheel bay PRINT (Brassin)

F4F undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

F4F gun barrels PRINT (Brassin)

INFO Eduard

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