Corgi AA31927 Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB Soviet Air Force EP310/538 57 GVIAP, Caucase, USSR 1943

This item has a limited edition certificate included.

The Soviet Union was very interested in Spitfire MkVB fighters. They were requested in March 1942. Six squadrons with 160 pilots and 700 ground personnel were expected to arrive with WS 18 convoy on April 15 1942. But despite ChurchillGÇÖs promises they did not arrive that year. Only in January 1943 first of the 150 shipped Spitfires MkVB landed at the Soviet aerodromes. One of these machines with the serial EP 210 is the subject of this model.