| Home | Contact |
|
Terms | Search | |||
| CORGI PLANES | |||||||
| Century Wings | Dragon | Gemini | Hobbymaster | Witty Wings | Other non corgi | Misc Items | |
PLANE
CRAZY 
Model details
| Back to full list-> | Ask question about model-> | ||
Code |
Make |
Description |
Price |
| HA1413 | Corgi | Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 11 - VA-192, US Navy, USS Ticonderoga, | £ 0.00 |
| Out of stock | |||
| Hobby Master 1/72 scale HA1413: Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 11 NM208 of? VA-192, US Navy, USS Ticonderoga, Vietnam 1967 Length 6.75 inches Wingspan 4.75 inches A-4E Skyhawk Bu.No 151073 NM208 belonged to the Operations Officer of VA-192 "Golden Dragons". On April 20, 1967 LCDR Michael J. Estocin led a Shrike anti-radar attack on Haiphong. His aircraft was damaged by a SAM but he managed to return to the Ticonderoga. On April 26, 1967 he led another attack on Haiphong and again his aircraft was badly damaged by a SAM. With his aircraft burning he managed to fire his missiles at the target and then turn toward the sea but as he approached the coast his fiery aircraft rolled inverted and crashed. Another pilot said he didn't see any sign of a parachute. LCDR Estocin was considered an MIA until November 10, 1977 when the Secretary of the Navy gave approval for a Presumptive Finding of Death. The cause of death was coded as "Hostile, Died While Captured". Sadly his remains have never been repatriated. For his many actions during these two missions LCDR Estocin was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is the only Navy pilot to receive the MOH for actions performed during a combat mission. The USS Estocin was named after him. Designed by the McDonnell-Douglas chief engineer Ed Heinemann the A-4 Skyhawk met all the requirements of the US Navy and exceeded many. It was half the maximum weight, could carry four times the weapon load and small enough that it didn't need folding wings for carrier duty. This small aircraft would earn many nicknames: Heinemanns Hot Rod, Scooter, Bantam Bomber, Tinker Toy Bomber. The A-4M assigned to front-line squadrons would be replaced in the mid-1980s by the AV-8 Harrier II. The Skyhawk proved to be one of the most popular US naval aircraft exports of the post war era. Because of its small size, it could be operated from the older, smaller WWII-era aircraft carriers. |
|||
Picture of model:- |
|||
Copyright 2003-2024 Chris Lem Models