Usn F4J Phantom II Showtime 100 VF-96 (1:200)

Over 5,000 planes type McDonnell F-4 Phantom II were manufactured from 1958 until 1979. The F-4J �Showtime 100� gained special fame for its role in one of the most spectacular combat missions of the Vietnam War. On May 10, 1972, the pilot Randy Cunningham took off with his Radar Intercept Officer Willi �Irish� Dirscoll, with this Phantom in the special livery �Showtime 100� to bomb a north-Vietnamese railroad embankment. They indeed managed to shoot down three North-Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters but on their way back to the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, they themselves became victims of an attack. The pilots were able to rescue themselves but the airplane, an F-4J ACE with the registration 155800 flew less than one day in that special livery,