Corsair "Lucky Gallon" Racer Graphics Set Scale:1/11

Corsair "Lucky Gallon" Racer Graphics Set Scale:1/11Produced under the BuNo. 13481, this aircraft was delivered to the USN in early 1945, the following year it was sold to Cook Cleland Air Service of Willoughby, Ohio. It was registered as NX69900, named Lucky Gallon, and listed as Racer number 92. In 1950 it was badly damaged in high winds on the ramp at Willoughby, in 1953 the wreck was added to the Walter Soplata Aviation Collection at Newbury, Cleveland, Ohio. By 2000 only the forward fuselage and

Photo by Mike Palombo

Pilot - Wing Commander James Edgar Johnson 'Johnnie Johnson' (34 victories)

On 12/344 it was received back at 80 from 11 RSU

Photo by Greg Kent

this same P-40 was involved in what has been misstated by some as a wheels-up landing requiring her to be placed in a maintenance hangar for repair

Photo by Aaron Libersat

1967 the unit redeployed to Iwakuni

William Whisner

Deere destroyed six Luftwaffe aircraft over Dunkirk (and was shot down himself)

and for November 1965 it's engine cowling was painted black

Navy and Marines operated trainer/target tug Marauders as the JM-1 (equivalent to the AT-23B/TB-26C)

Unit: 82nd FS