Hobby Boss HB80213

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V / Trop - 2 decal version: Spitfire Mk.Vb trop, Robert Levine, 4th F.S., 52nd F.G., La Sebala, Tunisia, June 1943. Spitfire Mk.Vc trop, No.79 Sqn. RAAF, Momote strip, Admirality Islands, 1944.

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Re-printed!!! Lend-Lease Supermarine Spitfire. Soviet Air Force (4) Mk.Vb Silver 01 modified to PR Mk.IV tested at Research Institute Moscow 1942-3 overall PRU blue; BN198 White 21 57 GIAP Capt A.Levchenko; EP210 White 538 57 GIAP; Mk.Ixe White 78 26 GIAP Leningrad 1944 white fin/rudder. All standard RAF camouflage. Inc photo-etched seatbelts

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Turkish Supermarine Spitfires PR.XIX 53 Turkish Air Force Merzifon 1948 Mk.I 3 Turkish Air Force 1940 Mk.Vb Trop OK.14 Hava Okulu Turkish Air Force Eskisehir 1946

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USAAF at War Pt:1 Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress 25734 UX-O 92nd BG USAAF de Havilland Mosquito B Mk.XVI MM389 P 654th BG USAAF 1945 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb ER120 VF-D 52nd FG USAAF Youks-La-Bains Algeria 1943

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V This sheet includes nose-art, roundels, fin-flashes, lettering and numbers for the widely used Mk.V Supermarine Spitfire, European and South East Asia Command (SEAC) theatres of operation. Not known for it's 'nose-art', the schemes below show some of the more colourful liveries carried by Czech and Australian and New Zealand Spitfire Vs included on this sheet. Spitfire Nose Art. Spitfire Mk.Vb, A58-137, UP-T 'Down with Everything' flown by Flt Lt David Hopton 79 Sqn, New Guinea. Spitfire MK LF Vb, EN921, YO-A, Jack Sheppard, 401 Sqn, Biggen Hill 1943. (Note: being an LF Vb, this aircraft has clipped wings). Spitfire Mk.Vb, BL351, BP-H, Flt Lt J. A. Gibson (N.Z.) 457 Sqn, Jurby, December 1941. Spitfire Mk.Vb, BL581, RY-T, F/O Vykoukal 313 Sqn, March 1942.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Part 3 (4) AD196 XR-Q 71 Sqn Sgt Jack Eavans; EN824 FU-U 453 Sqn P/O John Yarra. Both Dk Green/Ocean Grey/Mid Sea Grey. Mk.Vb Tropical version WD-A USAAC 4FS 52FG F/O James Montgomery; ER821 QJ-R 92 Sqn F/L Neville Duke Both Dk Earth, Stone/Azure Blue

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Supermarine Spitfire American Supermarine Spitfire Aces 1. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB BL255 MD-T flown by 2Lt Don Gentile of the 336th FS / 4th FG, Debden, October 1942 2. Captain Leland P Molland's Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vlll at Castel Volturno, Italy, February/March 1944 3. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX c EN 354 coded WD-W and named Doris June ll, flown by Lt Leonard Helton of 4th FS /52nd FG(USAAF) Tunisia, June 1943 4. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX c (s/n unknown) coded WZ-GJ and named Eleonor, flown bu Maj. Garth Jared, the CO of 309th FS /31st FG, USAAF (the aircraft is marked with his initials) Italy, January 1944. 5. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX, 309th FS, Lieutenant Robert Connor's February/March 1944 6. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (trop) in North Africa. Lieutenant Louis N Macomber's. 7. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (trop) belonging to the 307th FS 8. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb BM 324 was flown Squadron Leader (Commandant, in Armee de I'Air terms) Bernard Duperier of 340 lle de France Squadron.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V 1. Spitfire Mk.Vc Unit/Location: Luqa Wing (Commander), Luqa, October 1942. Code:White PP-H/BR498 (flew in through Operation "Baritone", 17.08.1942). Pilot:Peter Prosser Hanks, RAF. 2. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942. Code:White UF-S/BR301 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942. Pilots:G F "Buzz" Beurling and John McElroy, both RCAF. 3. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:601 SQN, Luqa, 15.06.1942. Code:White UF-M (flew in through Operation "Bowery"(?),09.05.1942) Pilot:Bruce Ingram, RNZAF. Successes:2/0/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 10,5/3/5.Fate:KIA 11.07.44 over Imphal/India. 4. Spitfire Mk.Vb(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942 Code:White X-R/BR562 (flew in through Operation "Spotter", 07.03.1942) Pilot:Ray Hesselyn, RNZAF. Successes:12/1/7 on Malta and a wartime total of 21,5/2/7. Fate:Shot down 03.10.42 and wounded, POW, survived. 5. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:185 SQN, Hal Far, 09.09.42 Code:Yellow X/BR112 (flew in through Operation "Calendar", 20.04.1942). Pilot:Claude Weaver, RCAF (USA). Successes:10,5/3/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 12,5/3/0. Fate:POW 09.09.42, Survived. 6. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:603 SQN, Ta Kali, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-4/BP989 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942) Pilot:Wally McLeod, RCAF. Successes:13/2/9,25 on Malta and a wartime total of 21/3/12,25 Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 7. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:126 SQN, Luqa, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-MK (flew in through Operation "Style"(?), 03.06.1942) Pilot:Patrick "Paddy" Schade, RAF. Successes:13,5/2/2 on Malta and a wartime total of 13,5/2/2 (+3,5 V1) Fate:KIA, July 1944 over France. 8. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:401 SQN, Gravesend, April-May 1942. Code:Sky YO-H/BL753. Pilot:D J W "Don" Blakeslee, RCAF (US). Successes:14,5/3/11 as a wartime total. 3/3/7 were on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived. 9. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:64 SQN, Hornchurch, May 1942. Code:Sky SH-Z/BM476 Note: SQN-Leaders pennant on the right side as well as the word "Athashikar" Pilot:Wilfred Duncan-Smith, RAF. Successes:17/2/8 as a wartime total. 8/2/5 were on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 10. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:411 SQN, Digby, April 1942.Code:Sky DB-P/AD196. Pilot:Henry "Wally" McLeod, RAF.Successes:21/3/12,5 as a wartime total. The majority of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 11. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:92 SQN, Biggin Hill, August 1941. Code:m/s/grey QJ-J/W3312 (nickname "Moonraker") Pilot:James Rankin, RAF. Successes:19,5/4,5/16 as a wartime total and nearly all of the on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 12. Spitfire Vb(t) Unit/Location:145 SQN, Bou Grara/Tunisia, March 1943. Code:Blue ZX-E/ES252 Pilot:Lance Cleo Wade, RAF (USA). Successes:10/1/7 on Spitfire and a wartime total of 22/2/7 Fate:KIFA or KAS in January 1944. 13. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:609 SQN, Biggin Hill, July 1941. Code:m/s/grey PR-B/W3238 (nickname "The London Butcher") Pilot:Michael Robinson, RAF. Successes:16/4/1 as a wartime and approx. 50% of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA in April 1942. 14. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:91 SQN, Hawkinge, Summer 1941. Code:m/s/grey DL-J/W3122 Pilot:Jean-Francois Demozay, RAF (French). Successes:18/2/4 as a wartime total and from this number 13/2/3 on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived but KIFA in December 1945.

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Turkish Spitfires. The Spitfires designed and produced by the British firm Vickers Supermarine participated the Battle of Britain and most probably they are the most popular fighters of WWII. Different models arrived Turkey at different times. A batch of 15 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Is were ordered together with the Hawker 'Hurricanes' but only 3 of them were delivered. One of them which was an ex-Polish order arrived in Sept.1938. The other two arrived in 1940. Eventhough serials 4501 to 4515 were allocated by the TuAF they were never used. The planes were deployed at the 42nd Hunter Company. Two of them were returned to RAFME in 1942. The Mk.Is were equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin-2 engine with an output of 1030HP. Their armament consisted of 8 pieces 0.303 caliper MGs. They were distinctive with their 3-blade propeller. No other Supermarine Spitfire was supplied until mid-1944. In July 1944 39 pcs Mk.Vb was sent from RAF stocks. This was followed by 71 pcs Mk.Vc's and 3 recce version Mk.V/R came in February 1945. Mk.Vb's were deployed at the 1st and 2nd Co.s of the 5th Regiment, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Co.s of the 6th Regiment. The Mk.V/Rs were used with the 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. These models were distinguished with their four-blade propellers. According to the TuAF sources they were equipped with Rolls Royce Merlin-20 engines with an output of 1500 HP. But the British sources state that the Mk.Vb's were equipped with a 1585HP Rolls Royce Merlin 45M engine and the Mk.Vc's with a 1470HP Rolls Royce Merlin 45 engine. The standart armament of the Mk.Vb's were 4 pcs 0.303 caliper MG and 2 pcs 20mm cannon whereas the Mk.Vc's had 4 pcs 20mm cannons and they were capable of carrying a bombload of 500lbs. They were replaced by the P-47 'Thunderbolts' in 1948. After the WWII, the TuAF was inclined to make the 'Spitfire's her standart interceptor-fighter. An aggreement was signed with the Britsih firm Vickers for the overhaul and maintenance of the 'Spitfire's. In between Jan.1947 and Feb.1948 170 pcs Mk.IX were received. These planes were deployed at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Co.s of the 4th Regiment, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 5th Regiment 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 7th Regiment and 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 8th Regiment. Some of the planes were then transferred to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 6th Regiment in 1949. After the reorganization of the TuAF they were deployed at the 4th & 6th Air Bases in 1951. They were written off in 1954. The Mk.IXs were equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin 61 with an output of 1475HP. Their armament varied (some were equipped with 8 pcs 0.303 Caliper MGs whereas some were equipped with 4 pcs 0.303 caliper MG plus 2 pcs 20mm cannons. Some even had 4 pcs 20mm cannons and they were capable of carrying a bombload of 500lbs. Only one Supermarine Spitfire M.XI arrived. The exact date of arrival and deployment is not known. It was assigned to 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. 4 pcs Mk.XIX were sold to Vickers by the RAF to make the overhaul. These planes were brought to Turkey in March 1947 and they were also deployed at the 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. These planes were equipped 2 cameras underneath the fuselage an done each on the port and starboard sides of the fuselage. They were the most powerful Spitfires equipped with a 2035HP Rolls Royce Griffon engine. They are distinctive with their five-blade propeller.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (3) EE781 ZX-A 145 Sqn North Africa; AB968 ZF-H 308 Sqn; W3902 WX-T 302 Sqn

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REPRINTED!! The Battle for Malta RAF (12) Gloster Sea Gladiator Mk.I N5519/R 1940; Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa Z2403 GL-P 185 Sqn 1941; BE402 LE-S 242 Sqn; Z2827/M Malta Night Fighter Unit; Z2491 HA-D 126 Sqn Sgt Greenhalgh Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb AB262 GN-B 249 Sqn F/O Robert McNair 1942; Mk.Vc BP964 X-I 601 Sqn Sgt Dickson; BR294 GL-E 185 Sqn; BR321 GL-J 185 Sqn Flt.Lt John Plagis; Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV V6014 GB-J 105 Sqn; Beaufighter Mk.IC T3317 XK-? 272 Sqn S/Ldr A.W.Fletcher; Beaufort Mk.I AW340/A 39 Sqn

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South African Air Force SAAF Fighters WWII Collection Pt2 (10) Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc 5285, 'AX.E' of 11 OTU, South African Air Force based at Waterkloof, Air Base, South Africa, 1944. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop, ER622, 'WR.D', of 40 Sqn, South African Air Force, based at Gabes, North Africa, April, 1943. Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV, 506, of 11 OTU, South African Air Force, based at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1945. North-American Mustang Mk.IV, KH673, 'GL.N/'Sweetpea' of 5 Squadron, South African Air Force, based in Italy, April, 1945. Gloster Gauntlet Mk.II 871, 'A' of 2 Squadron, South African Air Force based in East Africa, 1940. de Havilland Mosquito FB.Mk.VI HP968 of 60 Squadron, South African Air Force based at Bari and San Severo, Italy 1944. Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIf unknown serial, 'J' of 19 Squadron, South African Air Force based at Biferno, Italy 1944. Hawker Hurricane Mk.I 279, 'D', of 3 Squadron, South African Air Force based in Nairobi, Kenya, May, 1940. Supermarine Spitfire HF.Mk.IXc MH946 of 10 Squadron, South African Air Force based at Savoia, Italy September, 1944. North-American Mustang Mk.IV, KH805, 'GL.V' of 5 Squadron, South African Air Force, based in Italy, April, 1945.

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