AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
USS Bunker Hill (CV/CVA/CVS-17, AVT-9) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill 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.
While covering the invasion of Okinawa, Bunker Hill was struck by two kamikazes 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 Franklin. After the attack, Bunker Hill returned to the U.S. mainland and was still under repair when hostilities ended.
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 Franklin were the only Essex-class ships never recommissioned after World War II
Fighter Squadron 84 or VF-84 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. 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.
BH-31
THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
USS BUNKER HILL,
AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLIGHT DECK CREW,
Plane Handler Pushing.
(1pc)
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER**
PRODUCT UPDATES:
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE SHIPPING THE GALLIPOLI BASES (GLT-100) WITH THE NOVEMBER RELEASES.
THE RESPONSE FROM DEALERS AND COLLECTORS, REGARDING THE KING TIGER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
I AM CONCERNED THAT WITH THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR BEING SO EARLY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THE ESTIMATED PREORDERED AMOUNT BEFORE JANUARY.
THEREFORE I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MAKE THE FIRST VERSION AVAILABLE AS A PREORDER ITEM.
THE FIRST VERSION WILL NOW BE A GENERAL RELEASE IN JANUARY 2020.
THERE WILL THEN BE A SECOND VERSION WHICH WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE JUNE 2020.
USS Bunker Hill (CV/CVA/CVS-17, AVT-9) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill 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.
While covering the invasion of Okinawa, Bunker Hill was struck by two kamikazes 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 Franklin. After the attack, Bunker Hill returned to the U.S. mainland and was still under repair when hostilities ended.
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 Franklin were the only Essex-class ships never recommissioned after World War II
Fighter Squadron 84 or VF-84 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. 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.
BH-31
THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
USS BUNKER HILL,
AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLIGHT DECK CREW,
Plane Handler Pushing.
(1pc)
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER**
PRODUCT UPDATES:
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE SHIPPING THE GALLIPOLI BASES (GLT-100) WITH THE NOVEMBER RELEASES.
THE RESPONSE FROM DEALERS AND COLLECTORS, REGARDING THE KING TIGER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
I AM CONCERNED THAT WITH THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR BEING SO EARLY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THE ESTIMATED PREORDERED AMOUNT BEFORE JANUARY.
THEREFORE I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MAKE THE FIRST VERSION AVAILABLE AS A PREORDER ITEM.
THE FIRST VERSION WILL NOW BE A GENERAL RELEASE IN JANUARY 2020.
THERE WILL THEN BE A SECOND VERSION WHICH WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE JUNE 2020.
