HA2555 Hobbymaster F-105F Thunderchief 63-8304, USAF, Soellingen, 1965

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Hobbymaster 1/72nd scale HA2555 F-105F Thunderchief 63-8304, USAF, Soellingen, 1965. Buy online at Flying Tigers.

The F-105 earned the nickname Thud after the character Chief Thunderthud on the Howdy Doody TV show. The main mission of the F-105G was the detection and destruction of North Vietnamese SAMs that would then allow other aircraft to safely carry out their assignments. In order for the F-105Gs to do this they were always “First In Last Out” and piloted by volunteers. The F-105 was the only U.S. aircraft withdrawn from combat due to high losses. Having flown 20,000 sorties over Vietnam 382 of the 833 F-105s produced were lost.

RRP £120.00