Product Type: Replicas – Historic Models
Our F4U Corsair, Navy flown by Ike Kepford model aircraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our F4U Corsair, Navy flown by Ike Kepford model aircraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The model airplane?s parts including the fuselage, wings and glass cockpit are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. This model aircraft will fascinate anyone, aviation enthusiast and model aircraft collectors alike for its remarkable and exceptional quality. This elegant F4U Corsair, Navy flown by Ike Kepford model aircraft is definitely the perfect gift and collectible you would want to give to your friends and family. F4U Corsair, Navy flown by Ike Kepford History: The famous “Number 29″ was with the formidable VF-17, Jolly Rogers. Its pilot, Lt. Ira “Ike” Kepford, was the top Naval ace in the Pacific and is credited with 16 victories depicted on the fuselage of this F4U-1 Corsair. The Corsair is known as The Sweetheart of the Marianas and The Angel of Okinawa . Those names were given by the ground troops. The F4U was also called the U-Bird or Bent Wing Bird and the F4U was named by the Japanese as the Whistling Death because of the sound it made. The U.S. Navy didn?t go into combat with the Corsair immediately. They waited until September of 1943. The F4U was accepted by the U.S. Navy for their shipboard operations in April of 1944. The Corsair was flown by the famous Black Sheep Squadron VMF-214 headed by Marine Fighter Ace Maj. Gregory Pappy Boyington. Another noted pilot is Ike Kepford. Ike Kepford had flown the F4U-1 Corsair, the famous Number 29 with the formidable VF-17, Jolly Rogers. This model has measurements of: Span 17.6 Len 14.1 and Scale: 1: 28
Replicas – Historic Models F4U-1 Corsair, Navy flown by “Ike” Kepford
F4U-1 Corsair, Navy flown by Ike Kepford Price: $186.94
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