New Releases for July 2020 - Aircraft Carriers (1 Viewer)

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[FONT=&quot]NEW RELEASES FOR JULY 2020[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]AIRCRAFT CARRIERS[/FONT]


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[FONT=&quot]USS Bunker Hill (CV/CVA/CVS-17, AVT-9)[/FONT][FONT=&quot] was one of 24 [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Essex[/FONT][FONT=&quot]-class[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]aircraft carriers[/FONT][FONT=&quot] built during [/FONT][FONT=&quot]World War II[/FONT][FONT=&quot] for the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]United States Navy[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. The ship was named for the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Battle of Bunker Hill[/FONT][FONT=&quot] in the American Revolutionary War. Commissioned in May 1943 and sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations, the ship participated in battles in the Southwest Pacific, Central Pacific and the drive toward Japan through Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and air raids on the Japanese homeland.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]While covering the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]invasion of Okinawa[/FONT][FONT=&quot], Bunker Hill was struck by two [/FONT][FONT=&quot]kamikazes[/FONT][FONT=&quot] in quick succession, setting the vessel on fire. Casualties exceeded 600, including 346 confirmed dead and an additional 43 missing, the second heaviest personnel losses suffered by any carrier to survive the war after [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Franklin[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. After the attack, Bunker Hill returned to the U.S. mainland and was still under repair when hostilities ended.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]After the war, Bunker Hill was employed as a troop transport bringing American service members back from the Pacific, and decommissioned in 1947. While in reserve the vessel was reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS) and finally an Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship (AVT) but was never modernized and never saw active service again. Bunker Hill and [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Franklin[/FONT][FONT=&quot] were the only [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Essex[/FONT][FONT=&quot]-class[/FONT][FONT=&quot] ships never recommissioned after World War II[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Fighter Squadron 84[/FONT][FONT=&quot] or VF-84 was an aviation unit of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]United States Navy[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. Originally established on 1 May 1944, it was disestablished on 8 October 1945. It was the first US Navy squadron to be designated as VF-84.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]THE SECOND WORLD WAR,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]USS BUNKER HILL,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLIGHT DECK,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ACCESSORY SET[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]High Velocity Aircraft Rockets, or HVAR, were also known by the nickname “Holy Moses”, were an American unguided rocket developed during the second world war, to attach targets on the ground from aircraft.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The accessory set includes 8 Rockets which are designed to fit onto the Corsairs. These are perfect for the earlier models without the Rockets, and for those who would like to add a couple of rockets to the plane as they are being fitted.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]The accessory set also includes two photo-etched clip on pieces which are designed to hide the hinged join on the Corsair wing when it is in the “Closed up” position.[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]Finally we have added a spare empty trolley and a set of chocs.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]**PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]