A fine model of the Royal Navy's Hawker Sea Hawk fighter aircraft from the 1950s.
Many military aircraft have but a brief moment in the limelight, some actually see action. For the Hawker Sea Hawk that came with the Suez Crisis of 1956/7. Six Sea Hawk squadrons were deployed in theatre, operating from the fleet carrier HMS Eagle and light carriers HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, operating in the ground attack role. The model carries the livery worn by the aircraft involved in the operation.