Vought V-141 USN NAS Anacostia Flight Test Section May 1936

These are 1/72 scale decals for the Vought V-141, as demonstrated to the United States Navy at Naval Air Station Anacostia, Washington D.C. by the Flight Test Section in May 1936, wearing Light Blue No. 23 overall with natural metal wheel spats and cowling details, pre-war national insignia with red center dot in four sizes, and the distinctive red and white rudder stripes.

Just two months after its 29 March 1936 demonstration to the Army Air Corps at Wright Field, the V-141 was modified and presented to the U.S. Navy at NAS Anacostia — the Navy's primary flight test facility on the Potomac, home of the Flight Test Section responsible for evaluating all new naval aircraft candidates. The Light Blue No. 23 scheme — the same striking color applied to the Northrop 3-A XP-948 at Wright Field — was a standard evaluation finish of the period, and its application here underscores the V-141's direct Northrop lineage. The Navy evaluation, like the Army's, did not result in a production contract, but the V-141's performance data informed the continued development of the V-143 export variant.

The NAS Anacostia Flight Test Section patch and Naval Aviator wings are included on the decal sheet alongside four national insignia in two sizes and two rudder stripe size options. Together with the USAAC Wright Field V-141 listing, this pair documents the complete 1936 evaluation campaign of one of aviation history's most consequential unbuilt fighters — the design that led, through the V-143 and AXV1, to the Zero.

A natural companion to the Vought V-141 USAAC, Northrop 3-A XP-948, and Vought AXV1 listings — completing the full evaluation story of the design lineage that shaped the Zero. Please allow some time for decal printing and shipping.