Navis Neptun 1/1250 1313 USS Hornet CV 8 aircraft carrier in 1941

A 1/1250 scale second-hand model of USS Hornet in 1941. This model is in very good original condition apart from some marks on the flight deck where some model aircraft may have been attached by the previous owner, see photograph. The deck markings for the 1942 Doolitle Raid are not present on this model.

Following the attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the new Yorktown Class aircraft carrier, Hornet, was chosen to take B25 bombers to within striking distance of Japan to bomb Tokyo. An extra line was painted on the deck to give a guide to the pilots taking off for the raid.