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Originally Posted by maurice
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.
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Perfectly reasonable assumption maurice. I think the photos of those ex-Greek 805 Sqn ones seem to raise the most speculation and are perhaps erroneously held up as representative of most Martlet activity in that theatre. Maybe kitmakers are just trying to offer modellers something a bit different.
