Mitsubishi G4M Betty 1/72 Scale

Japanese G4M1 Type 1 Model 11 Navy Land-Based Bomber - This is a model of a plane like those that bombed Guadalcanal in late 1942 or early 1943. The G4M was the successor to the Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" naval land-based bomber, and its Allied codename was "Betty." The Betty became operational in 1941 and was used until the end of WWII. It was known for quickly bursting into flames when hit, even after suffering only minor damage. In 1945 the Betty was used to deliver Ohka suicide rockets to their launch points against American ships. The Japanese referred to their naval land-based attack bombers as Rikkos.

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Mitsubishi G4M Reference Books	Mitsubishi G4M Links
Bloody Shambles: Comprehensive Account of Air Operations over South-East Asia, December 1941-February 1942; The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore, Christopher Shores Bloody Shambles: Comprehensive Account of Air Operations over South-East Asia, February-May 1942; The Defense of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, Christopher Shores The Cactus Air Force, Thomas Miller Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942, Eric Hammel Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey Doomed from the Start: American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942, William Bartsch Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway, John Lundstrom The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942, John Lundstrom Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, Richard Frank The Hunting of Force Z, Richard Hough Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-1945, Osamu Tagaya Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Rene Francillon Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings, WWII, Donald Thorpe Mitsubishi Type 1 Rikko "Betty" Units of WWII, Osamu Tagaya Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941, Mark Peattie	Imperial Japanese Naval Aviation Mitsubishi G4M Betty Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power

Mitsubishi G4M Reference Books

Mitsubishi G4M Links

Bloody Shambles: Comprehensive Account of Air Operations over South-East Asia, December 1941-February 1942; The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore, Christopher Shores

Bloody Shambles: Comprehensive Account of Air Operations over South-East Asia, February-May 1942; The Defense of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, Christopher Shores

The Cactus Air Force, Thomas Miller

Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942, Eric Hammel

Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey

Doomed from the Start: American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942, William Bartsch

Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud

The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway, John Lundstrom

The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942, John Lundstrom

Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, Richard Frank