USS Aircraft Carrier CV-8 Hornet with Aircraft

The CV-8 Hornet was commissioned in 1941 as the third of the Yorktown-class aircraft carriers. In the following year, 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers of the Army Air Corps were loaded, and the first raid on the mainland was made successful by departing from near Japan; she was wrecked and sunk in the South Pacific, making her the last American fleet carrier to be sunk by enemy fire. Can be built as a full-hull or waterline model; includes parts for a display base, a clear plastic water-textured base for diorama display, decals, photo-etched parts, and a selection of aircraft molded in clear plastic, listed below. [Mold Color]: Gray, red, clear, black [Includes]: Parts for display base, water-texture diorama base, decals, photo-etched parts [Aircraft]: B-25 Mitchell (x16) F4F Wildcat (x12) SBD Dauntless (x12) TBD Devastator (x12)