KITS 05/2022

EN447, Lt Victor N. Cabas, 4th FS, 52nd FG, Le Sers, Tunisia, April 1943

“Vic” Cabas worked in an aircraft factory in Alliance, Ohio, and by 1939 was a locally recognized pilot.

At the age of nineteen, he was hired to ferry bombers

from Canada to England. In March 1941, he joined the

RCAF, in which he served with No. 403 Squadron up

to September 1942. Over his career with the RCAF, he

flew 51 combat sorties and claimed his first victory

over Dieppe. On America’s entry into the war, he joined the American Air Corps as a Lieutenant and was

assigned to the 4th FS, 52nd FG. He became one of

a few American pilots to fly a Spitfire in Britain,

Egypt, France, over the Ardennes, Italy and Germany.

He flew over 125 combat missions, during which he

claimed six victories (four individual and two shared).

In March 1944, he was awarded the DFC and was promoted to Captain. Later the same year, he was elevated to the rank of Major and at the 9th Air Force

in Belgium, he flew P-47 Thunderbolts. The Spitfire

with which Cabas flew in the spring of 1943 carried

a standard desert camouflage scheme used by the

RAF. An interesting feature of this aircraft was that

it retained its original RAF markings under the left

wing and the tail surfaces. The upper wing roundels

were overpainted with fresh Dark Earth paint. The

yellow border of the national insignia on American

aircraft appeared for Operation Torch and remained

in place after its conclusion in the MTO.

Recommended:

for Spitfire F Mk.IX 1/72

72623

Spitfire Mk.IX landing flaps (PE-Set)

672123

Spitfire Mk.IX top cowl early (Brassin)

72624

Spitfire Mk.IX (PE-Set)

Spitfire F Mk.IX (PE-Set)

672126

Spitfire Mk.IX engine (Brassin)

672134

Spitfire Mk.IX legs BRONZE (Brassin)

672150

Spitfire Mk.IXc gun bays (Brassin)

SS651

Spitfire Mk.IX seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

Spitfire Mk.IX radiator grilles (PE-Set)

672173

Spitfire Mk. VIII / IX / XVI radiator fairings (Brassin)

BIG72117

SPITFIRE Mk.IX (PE-Set)

D72008

Spitfire Mk.IX stencils (Decal Set)

672110

Spitfire exhaust stacks - fishtail (Brassin)

D72010

Spitfire - British WWII roundels late (Decal Set)

672112

Spitfire Mk.IX cockpit (Brassin)

CX454

Spitfire Mk.IX (Mask)

72641

SS597

Cat. No. 672112

Cat. No. 672126

Cat. No. 672134

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INFO Eduard

May 2022