{"product_id":"icm-1-48-pbo-1-hudson","title":"ICM 1:48 PBO-1 Hudson","description":"\u003ch1\u003eРВО-1 Hudson\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003eWWII American Maritime Patrol Aircraft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 1938, a British purchasing commission arrived in the United States in search of a maritime patrol aircraft. Lockheed quickly proposed adapting its Model 14 Super Electra airliner, and in June 1938, Britain signed a contract for the first 200 aircraft, officially designated Hudson. After the United States entered World War II, a batch of 20 A-29 aircraft, the Lend-Lease version of one of the Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIA variants, originally intended for Britain, was transferred to the U.S. Navy. These aircraft received the designation PBO-1, following the traditional U.S. Navy system: PB stood for Patrol Bomber, O was the manufacturer code for Lockheed, and 1 indicated the first production variant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe PBO-1 aircraft entered service with the U.S. Navy’s Patrol Squadron 82 (VP-82). The squadron was based at Naval Air Station Argentia in Newfoundland and was responsible for protecting convoy routes in the North Atlantic. A PBO-1 crew scored the first victory for U.S. naval aviation against the German submarine fleet. On March 1, 1942, a PBO-1 from VP-82, commanded by William Tepuni, spotted the German submarine U-656 off the coast of Newfoundland, successfully attacked it with depth charges, and sank it. This was the first confirmed sinking of a German submarine by a U.S. aircraft during World War II. Just two weeks later, on March 15, another VP-82 crew sank the submarine U-503. The successful operations of this relatively small group of PBO-1 aircraft paved the way for large-scale orders for land-based patrol aircraft of various types.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section sku\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eItem number: 48330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section size\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eScale: 1:48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eDate: 18.11.2026\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eTime period: WW2\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section marker_variations\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eMarkings: \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text\"\u003eРВО-1 Hudson, 82-P-2, Patrol Squadron 82 (VP-82), late 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text\"\u003eРВО-1 Hudson, 82-P-8, Patrol Squadron 82 (VP-82), Naval Station Argentia, spring 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text\"\u003eРВО-1 Hudson, 82-P-7, Patrol Squadron 82 (VP-82), Naval Station Argentia, spring 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section size_mm\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eModel size (length x width): 283 х 420 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section box_size\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eBox size: 410 x 260 x 55 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-aside-section detals_count\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tit\"\u003eNumber of details: 181\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68106363175125,"sku":"ICM48330","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0519\/7381\/6480\/files\/242d8627d37d116e2b7c8fc049c4b1b2650d421c.jpg?v=1794291314","url":"https:\/\/www.htdirect.com.au\/products\/icm-1-48-pbo-1-hudson","provider":"HTDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}