Curtiss P-40B Warhawk 47th Pursuit Squadron, Pearl Harbor 1941, 1:72 Scale Model

WWII Aircraft Series Diecast and plastic parts. Pre painted. Display base included. Minor assembly required. Approximate dimensions: L 5.31” x 6.3” Wingspan x 1.5” H Package dimensions:11.25” L x 7.75” W x 3.8” H Display model, not a toy, for 14 years and above The 47th Pursuit Squadron was activated on 1 December 1940, and was one of three squadrons assigned to the 15th Pursuit Group at Wheeler Field, territory of Hawaii. The squadron also flew missions from Hawaiian stations of Bellows Field, Haleiwa Fighter Strip and Mokuleia Field, as well as Barking Sands Army Airfield. The squadron formed part of the air defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, and suffered heavy losses in the attack on Pearl Harbor. It served in Hawaii and the Pacific for the remainder of the war, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for long-range fighter missions over Japan in 1945. It returned to Hawaii in 1946 and was inactivated. This Forces Of Valor is a replica of Curtiss P-40B Warhawk “White 316” from the 4