{"product_id":"hobby-master-p47-ha8452","title":"Hobby Master HA8452 1:48 P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHobby Master 1:48 P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback HA8452. 42-22668, Col. Neel Kearby \"Fiery Ginger IV\" 348th FG., New Guinea, March 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighly detailed diecast pre-finished collector model airplane. Each model comes with display stand, rolling gears, and is assembled and ready to display. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Republic Aviation P-47 “Thunderbolt” entered service in May 1942 with the introduction of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe P-47B. It had a “Razorback”, a high dorsal spine behind the side ways opening canopy that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereduced visibility. As improvements were made a “D” variant was produced with 12,602 being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emanufactured. The British developed a sliding bubble canopy for their Typhoon and this was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eadopted by the USAAF starting with the P-47D 5. With its ability to survive enemy fire along with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimpressive armament and bomb load the P-47 excelled at ground attack roles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy March 5, 1944 Col. Neel Kearby had scored 21 victories and was trying to beat Eddie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRickenbacker’s 26 total. On this day Kearby and two other pilots attacked a Japanese formation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith Kearby downing the lead aircraft while his wingmen took out the Japanese wing men. Before \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKearby knew it he had a Japanese aircraft on his tail and was unable to shake it. Flying P-47 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e42-22668 “Fiery Ginger IV” Kearby didn’t return to base. Col. Kearby was one of two P-47 pilots \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto receive the Medal of Honor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43007532597475,"sku":"6699","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha8452-148-p-47d-thunderbolt-razorback-200369.jpg?v=1738274790","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/de\/products\/hobby-master-p47-ha8452","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}