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

Period: Second World War

Country: France

Model Dim.: 14 cm

F4 U-7 CORSAIR

The F4 Corsair is recognized as to be one of the more effective carrier-based fighter aircraft to be developed through the 2nd World War, although, when it first came into solution, the technical specialists associated with the U.S Navy considered this big cantilever wing aircraft become unsuitable for use on aircraft providers. The Corsair obtained numerous outstanding aerial victories. Within the Pacific Ocean theater alone, the F4U shot down over 2,000 Japanese aircraft, with a loss of only 189 Corsairs, causing a kill / loss ratio which has never been equaled throughout history. This aircraft ended up being produced for 10 years, until December 1952, an undeniable fact which established the Corsair while the American aircraft to keep in production the longest time period following the Second World War. The F4 ended up being also utilized extensively by the French Naval Aviation during the war in Indochina therefore the Suez campaign of 1956.