| The
Battle of Midway June 3 - 6, 1942 |
READER CONTRIBUTIONS BATTLE OF MIDWAY MODELS: BY KEN DURLING |
LCDR C. Wade McClusky's
Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless"
Commander, Enterprise
Air Group
By Ken
Durling
Photo by Ken Durling
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This Accurate Miniatures 1/48th scale SBD-3 has been built to depict the plane flown by LCDR C. Wade McClusky, Commander, Enterprise Air Group (CEAG) on June 4, 1942. McClusky, flying GC (BuNo 4618), along with his gunner, W. G. Chochalousek, led the morning strike from Enterprise, comprised of 10 F4F-4s from Fighting Six, 17 SBD-3s from Scouting Six, 15 SBD-2, -3s from Bombing Six and 14 TBD-1s from Torpedo Six, on the Kido Butai.
LT Kobayashi Michio's
Aichi D3A1 Type 99 "Val"
Hiryu Kanjo Bakugekikitai
By Ken
Durling
Photo by Ken Durling
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This Hasegawa 1/48th scale Aichi D3A1 Type 99 "Val" has been built to depict the plane flown by LT Kobayashi Michio, Commander of Hiryu's Bombing Squadron on June 4, 1942. Kobayashi, flying BII-201, along with his gunner, WO Ono Yoshinori, led the first counter attack by Hiryu against Yorktown on the afternoon of June 4. This strike composed of 18 D3A1s, divided into two nine plane Chutai (the rough equivalent of US divisions) and six A6M2 Zeros.