British Royal Air Force Sopwith 2F.1 Camel WWI Fighter Aircraft

British Royal Air Force Sopwith 2F.1 Camel WWI Fighter Aircraft 1:72

At the end of 1916 the prototype of the Sopwith F1 Camel fighter successfully passed its flight tests and was ordered in quantity for RFC and RNAS requirements. At the same time, separate experiments were being conducted with the famous Sopwith Pup, flying off and landing on the deck of a destroyer (the 'Ship's Pup').

On July 19th, 1918 seven 2F1 carried out the first successful carrier based air strike: having taken off from the deck of aircraft carrier HMS Furious they destroyed German Zeppelins L54 and L60 in their sheds at Tondern. Three weeks later on August 11th, Flight Sub-Lieutenant Stuart Culley shot down Zeppelin L53. After the end of the war the 2F1 very quickly disappeared from the decks of ships at sea. Some were presented to Canada, three more went to Latvia and one to Estonia where they were used until early 1920.

This kit builds one plastic British Royal Air Force S.E.5a w/ Hispano Suiza WWI Fighter Aircraft in 1:72 scale. 

Product supplied unpainted and requires assembly.