T Bolt
Colonel
User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Tamiya Brewster F2A2 Buffalo
Scale: 1/48th
Accessories: Eduard canopy masks
I will be depicting a Buffalo flown by Lt. John Thach, then commander of VF-3 on USS Saratoga March 1940. Thach later developed a fighter tactic that would be known as the "Thach Weave" which allowed us fighters to hold their own against the Japanese Zero. Later he was assigned to the USS Yorktown flying Wildcats during the battle of Midway where he escorted a flight of TBD Devastators when they discovered the main Japanese carrier fleet. The formation was attacked by 15+ fighters and Thach used the above mentioned tactic and personally shot down 3 Zeros and later that day a torpedo bomber. By the end of the battle of Midway Thach had been credited with six enemy aircraft destroyed. He was deemed too valuable to risk in combat after that and was removed from front line service to teach combat tactics. He went on to serve command the USS Sicily during the Korean War, and later the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the 60s he was the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air and then Commander and Chief of US naval forces in Europe before retiring as a 4 star Admiral in May 1967. Admiral Thach passed away on april 15, 1981 a few days short of his 76th birthday.
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Tamiya Brewster F2A2 Buffalo
Scale: 1/48th
Accessories: Eduard canopy masks
I will be depicting a Buffalo flown by Lt. John Thach, then commander of VF-3 on USS Saratoga March 1940. Thach later developed a fighter tactic that would be known as the "Thach Weave" which allowed us fighters to hold their own against the Japanese Zero. Later he was assigned to the USS Yorktown flying Wildcats during the battle of Midway where he escorted a flight of TBD Devastators when they discovered the main Japanese carrier fleet. The formation was attacked by 15+ fighters and Thach used the above mentioned tactic and personally shot down 3 Zeros and later that day a torpedo bomber. By the end of the battle of Midway Thach had been credited with six enemy aircraft destroyed. He was deemed too valuable to risk in combat after that and was removed from front line service to teach combat tactics. He went on to serve command the USS Sicily during the Korean War, and later the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the 60s he was the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air and then Commander and Chief of US naval forces in Europe before retiring as a 4 star Admiral in May 1967. Admiral Thach passed away on april 15, 1981 a few days short of his 76th birthday.
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