Malta Spitfire Mk Vc Trop - Operation Bowery/USS Wasp
Spitfire Mk Vc Trop BR344/3-M

This aircraft was one of the many brand new Spitfires flown from carriers to reinforce Malta during the siege of 1942. The RAF had requested aircraft delivered in camouflage suitable for operations over sea and Spitfires were hastily repainted from desert schemes with available paint stocks. This aircraft will be depicted in a two-tone scheme of US Navy paint that had been applied during transit on USS Wasp in May 1942.