{"title":"Blood Red Skies Mig Alley","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"grumman-f9f-panther-squadron","title":"Grumman F9F Panther Squadron","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe F9F Panther was Grumman’s first production jet fighter, used extensively during the Korean War. It proved one of the United States Navy’s first successful carrier-born jet fighters and was the first jet fighter to be used by the Blue Angels aerobatics display team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe F9F would remain the primary US Navy and USMC jet fighter and ground-attack aircraft of the Korean War, flying around 78,000 sorties in total. The Panther claimed the first US Navy aerial victory of the war claiming a prop-powered Yak-9 in July 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn one little-known instance, a single Panther shot down four Mig-15s in a single 35 minute period, a unique feat for pilot Lt Royce Williams. This is in spite of the Panther’s relatively poor speed when compared to the nimble MiGs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther notable pilots of Panthers in Korea include first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong (who in fact bailed out during a combat mission when his aircraft was brought down by wire strung out across a valley), as well as fellow astronaut John Glenn and baseball star Ted Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey data:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaximum Speed\u003c\/strong\u003e: 579mph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1300 Miles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWingspan\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11.58m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11.84m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArmament\u003c\/strong\u003e: four 0.20mm cannons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40422715785387,"sku":"775102054","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/0801\/2971\/products\/775102054_Grumman-F9F-Panther-squadron2.jpg?v=1627070374"},{"product_id":"lockheed-f-80c-shooting-star-squadron","title":"Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star Squadron","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single seat fighter-bomber, the Lockheed F-80C was a later production version of the P-80, the original designation denoting pursuit. However, with changes to the American system of designation in 1947, the Shooting Star would be re-designated as a ‘F’, a fighter. The Shooting Star was designed in fewer than 6 months around the British Halford H.1 (Goblin) engine and first flew in 1944, with P-80s flying under combat conditions in Italy the next year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time of the Korean war, the aircraft was considered somewhat obsolete, but was at the forefront of the initial sorties across ‘MiG Alley’, of which 1500 flights were made in the first four months alone. It was on November 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e 1950 that a Shooting Star claimed the first MiG-15 shot down, in one of first ever instances of jet-to-jet combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey data:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaximum Speed\u003c\/strong\u003e: 594mph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRange\u003c\/strong\u003e: 825 Miles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWingspan\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11.81m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10.49m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArmament\u003c\/strong\u003e: six 0.5in machine guns, two 1000Ib bombs, eight rockets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40422716211371,"sku":"775102055","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/0801\/2971\/products\/775102055_-Lockheed-F-80C-Shooting-Star-squadron2.jpg?v=1627070378"},{"product_id":"us-ace-pilot-royce-williams","title":"US Ace Pilot - Royce Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 18 November 1952, piloting a Grumman Panther, Lt Royce Williams of VF-781 destroyed four MiGs in a single encounter that lasted no more than 35 minutes. During a series of air strikes against the North Korean port of Hoeryong, the four MiGs were intercepted as a result of intelligence provided by the US National Security Agency. Williams lost contact with his wingman and found himself in a 6-on-1 confrontation against the fearsome MiG 15. Nevertheless, he downed four of the enemy jets and upon returning to the USS Oriskany, his Panther was found to have sustained 263 hits from cannon shells and was beyond repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this feat all the more remarkable is that the four MiGs downed were confirmed to have been flown by Soviet Naval Aviation Pilots. 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