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Code	Make	Description	Price
HA1941	Corgi	F-4C Phantom II - 8th TFW, Robin Olds Vietnam Op Bolo (1000)	£
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	Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1941: McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II s/n 63-7680, Col. Robin Olds "Operation Bolo", 8th TFW, Ubon Royal Thai AF Base, 2 Jan 1967. Production of 1,000 pieces, of which only a few came to the UK. One of Col. Robin Olds’ men had an idea that it might be possible to fool the enemy aircraft and inflict heavy casualties on them. The idea was presented to Col. Olds and it sounded feasible so plans were immediately worked on and ironed out. January 2, 1967 the plan, now called “Operation Bolo” was put into action. Instead of the usual F-105s leading the way and being intercepted by MiGs who departed the scene when the F-4s arrived, the F-4s took the lead and flew at normal F-105 speeds, altitudes and formations. When the MiGs came up to intercept what they thought were F-105s they instead found Phantom IIs. The first of 583 F-4C ordered by the USAF began delivery in late 1963. They basically were F-4Bs that had been refit for ground operations. The F-4C arrived in Southeast Asia in early 1965 and by 1966 equipped 7 squadrons in Vietnam and 3 in Thailand. The early F-4Cs lacked guns and relied totally on missiles but it wasn’t long before the addition of SUU-16A gun pods with M-61AI-20-mm guns were put to use to compensate for the lack of internal guns. The addition of these gun pods gave the pilot gun fire but degraded the performance of the aircraft. The first F-4Cs suffered from many defects such as wing tanks that would spring leaks and require resealing after every flight. Many had cracked ribs on outer wing panels. It wasn’t too long before the F-4D made an appearance.

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