US Navy WW2 Props

Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 2-5-12 VS-2 USN, USS Lexington (CV-2) Early '42 Hasagawa 1/72 ( SS18) Markings  date this example between 23rd Dec '41 when strips were added to fin, and 30th Jan '42 when the Sqn # was dropped "for Security"

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator 7-T-7 VT-7 USN, USS Wasp (CV-7) April '42, Airfix 1/72 (A02034) & Techmod Decal (72132)

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat 6-F-9, VF-6 USS Enterprise (CV-6) approx. Feb-Mar '42 . Airfix 1/72 (A02070)

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat 6-F-6, VF-6 USS Enterprise (CV-6) approx. Feb-Mar '42 .Arma Hobby 1/72 (70047)

Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair 'Birdcage' 17-F-12 VF-17 "Jolly Rogers", USS Bunker Hill, July 1943, Tamiya 1/72 (60774)

Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver 207 VB-83 USS Essex 1945, (Academy 1/72 12409)  On April 1, 1945 VB-83 launched from USS Essex during the battle for Okinawa. On April 7 the squadron was involved in the attack on the Japanese fleet including the super battleship Yamato. The new SB2C-4 was a vast improvement over earlier variants with  VB-83 and their aircraft involved in battles right up Aug 1945