High Resolution Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" 'F-15'BuNo 4031

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This skinning project represents the Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" , flown by Lt. Edward "Butch" O'Hare 
of VF-3 USS Lexington during the Battle of Bougainville. Circa: February 20th 1942.

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Lt. Edward "Butch" O'Hare's Story....

On this date, late in the afternoon, Lt."Butch" O'Hare and his wingman Lt. Dufilho were the only Grumman fighters 
flying Patrol Cap over Task Force 11. At 1705, 8 Japanese G4M1"Betty" bombers made an attack run 
with the USS Lexington as their target. Both O'Hare and Dufilho having the altitude advantage 
rolled into their attack. Unfortunately, Lt. Dufilho's guns would not fire so he was forced 
to pull out of the fight. Alone Lt."Butch O'Hare made 3 fast and furious attacks 
on the Mitsubishi bombers and destroyed 5 with a 6th claimed as a probable. 
His last attack lead him into the defensive fire of Task Force 11's combined anti-aircraft fire. 

For his actions, Lt.Edward "Butch" O'Hare was credited with 5 confirmed victories 
and recieved the Medal of Honor. For his historic lone fight against the Japanese formation 
Lt. O'Hare became the first US Navy's first Pacific "Ace-In-A-Day".
Butch O'Hare gained two more kills in a F6F Hellcat but was killed in action in November 1943.

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Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" 'F-15'BuNo4031's Story....

This historical aircraft had initially served with VMF-211 and survived the devastating attack on Oahu
December 7th.1941. After serving VF-3, it was passed on to VF-2 to survive the Battle of The Coral Sea
by taking refuge on the Yorktown. It was then transferred to VF-42 and ended it's days on 29th.July 1944
when a pilot from MAG-23 wrote her off in a landing accident.


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SPAW Campaign install....

TPC.Files have been made available for SPAW '42 Wildcat Campaign.
Just install the Ptempxxx.tpc files into the SPAW main directory
and they will over write default Wildcat when game is restarted.
To remove O'Hare's Wildcat simply delete all the PTempxxx.tpc files
from the SPAW main directory and the default Wildcat will be loaded
when you restart the game....     

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Base Skin by Dean "DeanH" Hill, New HR 3dz by John "Col. Gibbon" Graham based
on the updated LR model by Kurt "Capt Kurt" Schwabauer.
Additional adjustments and many thanks to Peter "Moggy" Fitzgerald-Morris for the Prop fix.
The 3DZ programming work to relocate the hardpoints was originally solved by Claudio "Claudio" Wilches
The original canopy transparency was developed by Marek "Woolfman" Wilk.

Skin by David "Skylark" Phillips

 
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