Here are my start pic's for my entry.
Eduard 1/48 F6F-5N Hellcat flown by Maj. Bruce Porter, CO of VMF(N)-542, Yontan airfield, Okinawa, June 1945.
Maj. Porter inherited this Hellcat from his predecessor and it carried a big red heart and the name "Millie Lou" in white on the nose. Porter ordered his ground crew to overpaint it immediately after his arrival and replaced it with a big bottle of Schenley's whiskey and 'Black Death' painted in white on the right engine cowling. Porter downed 3 Zero's in June/July 1943 over the Solomons while serving with VMF-121. On June 15, 1945 he added two more victories, shooting down a Kawasaki Ki-45 'Nick' heavy fighter and a Betty bomber carrying an Ohka suicide plane.
Tom
Eduard 1/48 F6F-5N Hellcat flown by Maj. Bruce Porter, CO of VMF(N)-542, Yontan airfield, Okinawa, June 1945.
Maj. Porter inherited this Hellcat from his predecessor and it carried a big red heart and the name "Millie Lou" in white on the nose. Porter ordered his ground crew to overpaint it immediately after his arrival and replaced it with a big bottle of Schenley's whiskey and 'Black Death' painted in white on the right engine cowling. Porter downed 3 Zero's in June/July 1943 over the Solomons while serving with VMF-121. On June 15, 1945 he added two more victories, shooting down a Kawasaki Ki-45 'Nick' heavy fighter and a Betty bomber carrying an Ohka suicide plane.
Tom
