Atlas Editions Warships 7134-111
Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier Diecast Model
USN, CV-8 USS Hornet, Doolittle Raid, April 18th 1942 |
| 1:1250 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier | | 8" | | 1" |
On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25 bombers took off from the USAAF HORNET, the first fully-loaded bombers ever to take off from an aircraft carrier. The raid was the United States' answer to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor four months earlier. The Raiders, Jimmy Doolittle's 80 volunteers, flew the B-25 Mitchell bombers on an air strike against Tokyo, and became the stuff of legends.
The Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers build shortly before World War II and commissioned into the US Navy between 1937 and 1941. They immediately followed Ranger, the first U.S. aircraft carrier built as such, and benefited in design from experience with Ranger and the earlier Lexington class, which were conversions into carriers of two battlecruisers. The three ships of this class are noted for bearing the brunt of the fighting in the early months of the Pacific War, most notably during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and the Guadalcanal campaign. © Copyright 2003-2024 The Flying Mule, Inc.
The Atlas Editions "Warships" range presents affordable, ready-made diecast models of WWII Warships in 1:1250 scale.
Atlas "Warships" diecast models feature:
- Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Display stand with metal name plate.
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