Supermarine Seafire Mk.III Royal Navy FAA

Subject:: Supermarine Seafire L Mk.III
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 887 NAS NN212/S112 (G.J. Murphy)
Augustus 1945
Schaal:: 1:72
Status:: Voltooid
Begonnen:: January 1, 2023
Voltooid:: February 13, 2024

Seafire Mk. III NN 212, 887 Squadron, HMS INDEFATIGABLE, 15 August 1945 (final Fleet Air Arm combat sortie of WWII). This aircraft took part of the very last combat of WW2 that British naval fighter pilots fought in. On the morning of August 15, 1945, the morning of the Japanese surrender, Sub/Lt G.J.Murphy shot down two Zero fighters in this engagement.