Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Final product photos HA0304 F6F-5N Hellcat Maj. Bruce Porter.

Hobby Master 1/32 Premium Collection Air Power Series HA0304 Grumman F6F-5N BuNo. 78669, Major Bruce Porter, CO VMF(N)-542 Yonton Airfield, Okinawa, May 1945.

In 1943 while flying with VMF-121 Major Bruce Porter shot down three Zeros. On May 22, 1945 Porter joined VMF(N)-542 on Okinawa as the new CO. His F6F-5N belonged to the former CO and wore a red heart and white “Millie Lou”. 

Porter replaced this with a bottle of Schenley’s whiskey and “Black Death” written in white above it on the lower right cowling. On June 15, 1945 Porter became an Ace when he downed a Kawasaki Ki-45 Nick and a G4M Betty bomber carrying a Baka Flying bomb.








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