Italeri 1313 - 1/72 F4U-7 Corsair WWII  [IT-1313S]

Period: Second World War

Nation: France

Model Dim.: 14 cm

F4 U-7 CORSAIR

The F4 Corsair is considered to be perhaps one of the most successful carrier-based fighter aircraft to be developed throughout the Second World War, although, when it first arrived to service, the technical specialists of the U.S Navy considered this large cantilever wing aircraft become unsuitable for use on aircraft companies. The Corsair obtained numerous outstanding aerial victories. In the Pacific Ocean theatre alone, the F4U shot down over 2,000 Japanese aircraft, with a loss of just 189 Corsairs, causing a kill / loss ratio which includes never ever been equaled throughout history. This aircraft had been produced for a decade, until December 1952, an undeniable fact which established the Corsair while the United states aircraft to remain in manufacturing for the longest period of time after the Second World War. The F4 was additionally used extensively by the French Naval Aviation through the war in Indochina as well as the Suez campaign of 1956.