|
I don't know of course but ...
Although those ex-Greek Martlets belonged to the FAA they were a scratch force, were never associated with carriers and were quite possibly repainted to blend in with the land based forces they were operating with.
However Operation Torch - much later - was the first time the FAA employed the Martlet in a planned operation in the Mediterranean/North African Theatre, and they were carrier based.
Surely they would have been in FAA colours and would have stayed in them even if dis-embarked temporarily.
So, for example, Airfix's idea of a "stoned" Martlet "torching" a Vichy French fighter strikes me as unlikely.
|