1:72 scale premium diecast airplane by Hobby Master Air Power Series HA2206. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, USN VS-31 Topcats, "Black 47", NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
Length 6 inches
Wingspan 8 inches
Originally designated Scouting Squadron 31 they served meritoriously in the North Atlantic from 1942 until the end of WWII in 1945. Then the squadron was decommissioned until April 1948 they were re-established at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey as Composite Squadron, VC-31. In 1949 they were re-designated the Atlantic Fleet�s first VS Squadron, VS-31. VS-31 was an Air Anti-Submarine Squadron and took the name �Topcats�. Shortly after this they were moved to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode
Island.