Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair
VF-84, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
Lt Cdr Roger Hedrick, February 1945
(Corgi US61005)
- Engine: One 2,250 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8W Double Wasp radial
- Span: 40 ft 11 in
- Length: 33 ft 8 in
- Height: 14 ft 9 in
- Weight: 9,205 lb empty / 14,670 lb loaded
- Crew: One
- Max Speed: 446 mph at 20,000 ft
- Service Ceiling: 36,900 ft
- Max Range: 1,560 miles
- Armament: Six .50 in MG in wings
- Notes: Executive Officer of legendary VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" in 1943-44, with whom he claimed nine kills over Bougainville, Roger Hedrick led VF-84 on its fateful combat cruise aboard Bunker Hill in 1944-45. He claimed three kills in this machine on 25 February 1945 over the Japanese islands, taking his final score to 12. Hedrick later assumed command of the vessel's Air Group (CVG-84) following the death of its previous commander in action. The aircraft's distinctive yellow nose, which had been applied for CVG-84's first Tokyo raid on 19 February 1945, had been painted out by the time Hedrick claimed his last kills six days later.
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