Supermarine Spitfire Floatplane Mk V EP751

Built using the Smer 1/72 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VC and the floats from the floats from the PM Models Supermarine Spitfire VB Floatplane. Painted as EP751, one of three Spitfires converted by Folland and transported to Egypt, in October 1943. At the time it was thought that the floatplanes could operate from concealed bases in the Dodecanese Islands, disrupting supply lines to German outposts in the area which relied on resupply by transport aircraft. This scheme came to naught when a large number of German troops, backed by the Luftwaffe, took over the British held islands of Kos and Leros. No other role could be found for the floatplane Spitfires, which languished in Egypt, operating from the Great Bitter Lake.

Historical photos of the Spitfire Floatplane can be found here.

1:72 Scale