the MB-3 represented the state of the art in American fighter design in the early 1920s — though its service life would be relatively brief as the rapid pace of aviation development quickly rendered it obsolete
used to remotely pilot unmanned target drones during weapons testing and evaluation programs — one of the more unusual and technically advanced roles a Flying Fortress could find itself in during the early jet age
this decal set offers collectors a second early USAAC Banshee marking option — together documenting the A-24's important if often overlooked role in the development of Army dive bombing operations
wearing overall natural metal with hinomaru national markings in four sizes and "VOUGHT V-143" manufacturer's stenciling
the aircraft was impounded in 1961 — caught on the wrong side of the political divide at one of the most tense moments of the Cold War
Brewster B-439 B-3119 USAAF 5th Air Force NKP the MB-3 represented the stateThese are 1 72 scale decals for Brewster B 439 B 3119, operated by the United States Army Air Forces 5th Air Force in the Southwest Pacific, wearing an Olive Drab No. 41 over Medium Green No. 42 upper surface camouflage over natural metal undersides. The B 439 was the export variant of the Brewster Buffalo, originally built for the Netherlands East Indies Army Air Corps (ML KNIL). When the Dutch East Indies fell to Japan in early 1942, surviving