Corgi AA33012 Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair (FG-1D) United States Marine Corps White 9/WR Capt Jesse G Folmar, VMA-312 'The Checkerboards', USS Bataan, September 1952

Decertificated by Corgi, no Limited Edition certificate

While aboard the USS Bataan in 1952 the Checkerboards (VMA-312) would again make history. VMA-312 pilot Capt. Jesse G. Folmar became the first American to shoot down a jet fighter with a propeller-driven aircraft. Folmar was able to down one of a pair of MiG-15s which attacked him and his wingman on 10th September 1952 but was himself shot down when attacked by four more MiGs. His F4U (which he was not flying when he was shot down) was decorated with the silhouette of a diving MiG.