Publisher's Description
The F4U flew over 60,000 operational sorties (only 9,000 sorties flown from carrier decks) for the U.S. Navy & Marines and U.S. Navy through the war (some 40% of total fighter sorties), with only 9,581 sorties (15%) flown from carrier decks. Corsairs claimed 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses to enemy aircraft, for an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. It also proved its versatility, delivering over 70% of the total bombs dropped by U.S. fighters during the war.
Additional Information
This is a repackage of an old box F4U Corsair - Squadron box (metal). Now the models are not made of metal, but of a special Warlord Resin.
Included Components
Model Planes
- F4U Corsair (x6)
Aircraft Cards
Aircraft Trait Cards
- Robust (x3)
- Great Dive (x3)
Doctrine Cards
Tokens
- Double-sided Pilot Skill Discs (x6)
- Boom Token (x6)
- Zoom Token (x6)
- Range finder 6”
- High Cover Marker (x3)