Product Description
ACADEMY-Minicraft
12587 1:72 PV-1 "Patrol Bomber" USN
WWII twin-engine bomber and patrol aircraft
Precisely engraved panel lines
Masking seal included
Decals for 6 versions:
- PV-1 of Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB 150, West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Oct. 1944
- PV-1 "Blonde Blitz" of unknown unit, Russel Islands, Solomon, Mid 1943
- PV-1 "Scotters Dream" of unknown unit, Russel Islands, Solomon, Mid 1943
- B-34 "Lexington" of USAAF. Built for RAF but used by USAAF, mainly for costal patrol and training missions
- RB-34 "Lexington" of USAAF, Randolph Field, TX, 1942. "R" stands for "Restricted from combat use"
- "B-34", thought to be the mount of the commander of 128th Air Division, Colonel Michael Alexandrovich Eryomin. Several battle damaged (by Japanese planes) PV-1s from Alutians escaped to Elizovo, Kamchatka, and some were salvaged to be air worthy and operated - including the battle Shumshu island in 1945
