Hobby Master 1/32 Premium Collection Air Power Series, HA0302, F6F-3 Hellcat "White 19" of VF-6, flown by Alex Vraciu, USS Intrepid, February 1944.
Alexander Vraciu born in Indiana, started flight
training in late 1941 earned wings in August 1942. First assigned to VF-3, he
downed his first aircraft in October 1943. June 20, 1944 brought his nineteenth and final kill. Alex
also destroyed 21 aircraft on the ground and one merchant ship.
Known as "Grumman's Best
Customer" he survived two carriers being torpedoed, ditched twice and two parachute jumps. He was
shot down in December 1944 and returned to the US where he remained as a test pilot. Post
war, he commanded VF-51.
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