Corgi 1/72 Vought F4U-7 Corsair Flotille 15F French Navy (AA33010)

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Corgi 1/72 Vought F4U-7 Corsair Flotille 15F French Navy (AA33010)
The French Aéronavale needed a powerful carrier-born plane for the Arromanches, Bois-Belleau and Lafayette aircraft carriers, faced with the Indochina conflict since 1945. A version , the F4U-7 (dubbed "For French Only"), was specially developed to fulfill this need. It was equipped with a powerful P&W R-2800-18W 2100hp engine, and made its first flight on July 2nd 1952. 14.F squadron (CO-ed by LV Pierre Ménetttier) was the first squadron to receive the F4U-7 at Karouba air base in Tunisia. From January 1953 to April 1954, pilots trained with a combat cruise in Indochina in mind. These pilots arrived at Tourane (Annam) on April 17th 1954, but without their planes.

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