Flying Leathernecks

Do you mean the John Wayne movie ? If so, they were flying Grumman F6F Hellcats (although they were referred to as Wildcats by Wayne's character's son). Interestingly, the Japanese flew them also ! Only their's were painted gray !
There are many kits of this plane available. The 1/48 Hasegawa kit is very nice, although some have cited a small inaccuracy in the cowl. That's the only one I've built (outside of their old 1/32 kit YEARS ago), so someone else may be able to help you in a different kit or scale.
Hope this helps !

As usual Hollywood subs one plane for another. In the first half they "use" F6F Hellcats as a stand in F4F Wildcats (the Navy & Marine fighter during the time depicted). Then they switched to the F4U Corsair (obviously). When the movie was done Wildcats were very hard to come by and Hollywood had a budget. Hence the switch.