Supermarine Seafire F. Mk.III
Aéronavale

Subject:: Supermarine Seafire Mk.III
Aéronavale (French Naval Air Arm 1910-now)
Flotilla 1F PX923
1947 - Carrier Arromanches
EDSG, DSG, Sky
Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Completed
Started:: December 31, 2022
Completed:: September 14, 2023

France received 65 Seafire Mk IIIs, 24 of these being deployed on the carrier Arromanches in 1948 when it sailed for Vietnam to fight in the First Indochina War, the Seafires operating from land bases and from Arromanches on ground attack missions against the Viet Minh before being withdrawn from combat operations in January 1949. After returning to European waters, the Seafire units were re-equipped with Seafire XVs but these were quickly replaced by Grumman F6F Hellcats from 1950.