One of two repaints, this one represents Grumman F9F-5 Panther, BuNo 126038, of Marine Fighter Squadron 311 Tomcats. This aircraft is one of several F9F Panthers that Baseball Hall of Fame slugger, Ted Williams, flew after being called up to active duty during the Korean "conflict" in the time frame of 1952 - 1953. Both 126038 and 126109 have been depicted by reputable artists as having no color unit markings (tail fin cap or nose flash), no "VMF-311" displayed fuselage or wing, nor "aircraft-in-squadron" number displayed except for the usual nose side location. This somewhat tends to agree with the partial photographs 126109, and at least one of these artist renderings was endorsed by Captain Williams himself. This is the way I have chosen to show them, absent any "hard" evidence to the contrary.
Model and Paint kit by Vertigo Studios. Repaint by Steve Bryant, January 2017.
