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039556 - WARPAINT SERIES - VOL 146: Grumman A-6 Intruder & EA-6B Prowler

WARPAINT SERIES 146 - by Andy Evans

The US Navy's experience in the Korean War showed the need for a new long-range strike aircraft with high subsonic performance at very low altitude that could penetrate enemy defences and find and destroy small targets in any weather. The Grumman A-6 Intruder was designed with these needs in mind and was a true bomb truck. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq the Intruder proved its worth, able to catty a plethora of weaponry and pack a mighty punch. From the Intruder airframe the KA-6D tanker variant was derived, along with the specialised EA-6A Intruder and then the EA-6B Prowler, a sophisticated four-seat electronic warfare variant, packed with jamming equipment and electronics.

Like the A-6, the Prowler was used by both the Navy and Marine Corps. Af-ter nearly thirty-seven years and with 693 airframes constructed, on February 28, 1997, VA-34 the Blue Blasters, retired the Navy's last operational A-6E Intruders. The Navy retired its Prowlers in 2015, however, the Marines Corps carried on flying the EA-6B into the early months of 2019. Warpaint 146 is packed full of all the usual historical and reference material, with wal-karounds of both Prowler and Intruder, colour artwork by Sam Pearson, and a well-paced narrative that places this essential aircraft in context and show-cases its role in US naval operations over nearly sixty years.

One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s, being retired in the early 1960s after 3,970 had been built. The Royal Air Force flew the B-29 with the service name ‘Washington from 1950 to 1954’ while the re-engined B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II became the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop, during a 94-hour flight in 1949. The Soviet Union produced 847 Tupolev Tu-4s, an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy of the B-29. This latest in the essential Warpaint series offers a comprehensive look at the famous bomber in all its guises, with history, development, service details, and colour artwork and scale plans by Sam Pearson.

NB:  Please contact me if you would like a list of all titles in the series.  I'm not sure if all issues are available.

Warpaint Series in general covers the following detail:-

 Complete and detailed history 

* 1:72nd scale plan 

* In detail pictures 

* Kit, decal and accessory list 

* Pages of superb colour camouflage drawings, colour, and black and white photography 

* Complete production list 

* Squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials and codes 

* Comprehensive specification 

Latest editions below – please contact us for a full up-to-date listing.

039427  De Havilland Vampire  £17.50 (Re-Release)

039498  Avro York  £17.00

039499  McDonnell F3H Demon  £17.00

039500  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash  £19.50

039511  De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth  £15.50

039512  Convair B-36 Peacemaker  £16.00

039513  Avro Manchester   £15.00

039514  General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark & EF-111A Raven  £23.00

039515  Sopwith Pup   £14.00

039516  Sikorsky S-55/H19 Chickasaw & Westland Whirlwind   £18.50

039517  Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik   £15.00

039518  Martin Mariner and Marlin   £16.50

039519  Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster and DC-4   £20.50

039520  Westland Scout and Wasp  £16.00

039521  Vought OS2U Kingfisher  £15.50

039522  Douglas A3D Skywarrior  £20.00

039523  Panavia Tornado ADV  £17.00

039524  USN, USMC, RAF F-4J (UK) Phantom II   £25.00

039525  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle   £14.00

039526  Hawker Fury and Nimrod  £17.00

039527  Douglas F4D/F-G Skyray & F5D Lancer  £15.00

039528  NAA B-45 Tornado   £16.00

039529  Grumman F9F Panther   £16.00

039530  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15   £17.00  

039531  Douglas A-4 Skyhawk  £26.00  

039532  Albatros D-I to D-III by Dave Hooper   £16.00

039533  De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk by Adrian M Balch   £15.00

039534  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 by Nikolay Yakubovich   £17.00

039535  Bristol Britannia: CP-107 Argus & CP-106 Yukon   £17.00

039536  Grumman F-14 Tomcat by Charles Stafrace   £26.00

039537 Cessna T-37 A/B/C 'Tweet' and the A-37 A/B 'Dragonfly'   £21.00

039538  Bristol Scout by Matthew Willis   £15.00

039539  Mikoyan-Gurevick MiG-3, £18.00

039540  Ilyushin Il-28   £18.00

039541  The Auster   £18.00

039542  Boeing B-52 A-F Stratofortress   £25.00

039543 Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota in Worldwide Military Service   £25.00

039544 Aero L-29 Delfin   £21.00

039545  De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide and Dominie, £17.00

039546  Airspeed Oxford & Consul   £18.00

039547 Douglas SBD-Dauntless, £28.00 

039548  Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, £18.00

039549  De Havilland (Canada) DHC-2 Beaver, £18.00

039550  North-American OV-10 Bronco, £28.00

039551  Vickers, Valetta & Varsity in Military Service, £19.00

039552  Dassault Mirage F1, £19.00

039553  Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress, £25.00

039554  Mil Mi-4 Hound, £20.00

039555  Hunting Percival Pembroke Prince & Sea Prince, £17.00

039556  Grumman A-6 Intruder & EA-6B Prowler, £19.00

WARPAINT SPECIALS:-

039001 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, £19.50

039002 Messerschmitt Bf109, £26.50

039003 De Havilland Mosquito, £26.00

039004 Cessna Bird Dog, £11.99

039005 North American Aviation P-51 Mustang and Derivatives, £23.00

039030 Warpaint Classic 1: Sepecat Jaguar, £20.00