2696 - 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Ixc Beer Truck WWII Italeri  [IT-2696S]

Period: 2nd World War

Country: Britain

Model Dim.: 20 cm

SPITFIRE Mk. IXc ''BEER TRUCK''

The Spirfire is unquestionably the most famous and greatest known fighter aircraft of World War II. Winning many dogfights of this conflict, the plane was initially developed inside 1930s. It underwent a continuous development and improvement of its aerodynamic features and its particular motor and armament was able to allow it to be final with many airforces until after the appearance associated with the very first jets. The Mk. IX variation was first manufactured in sizeable amounts at the end of 1942. During the period of its long practical usage, this fighter aircraft had been accustomed "transport" alcohol to carry up the spirits of English troops following the landing in Normandy in the summer of 1944. It had been actually a tremendously limited procedure, though it turned out to possess outstanding effect regarding propaganda on spirits the soldiers.