A colorful taste of a Pacific Theater dogfight from World War Two today. Early in the war, the Grumman F4F Wildcat was the frontline Naval fighter despite the fact it was somewhat obsolete by the start of the war. Replaced later by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the Wildcat still held it’s own during the early days of the war and still fought valiantly during the Battle of Midway. Though the Wildcat was outperformed by the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, the F4F had the ability to absorb a tremendous amount of damage and yet keep fighting. As a result, seven Wildcat pilots were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the war.
This beautiful tribute to the Wildcat was created by Marco Hyder of MarcoHyder.com working in Virginia Beach, VA
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christopher denfeld Says:
Hey i’m looking to get an arial leg piece done, i have a rough sketch of what I want if you would take a look at it and see what you can do.
Posted on May 1st, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Icarus Says:
You might want to contact Marco Hyder via MarcoHyder.com with your question… Tattoos In Flight isn’t the artist, we’re just a gallery
Posted on May 1st, 2009 at 6:18 pm