Description 1/48 Spad XIIIC.1 The S.P.A.D. XIII is one of the best-known of the fighters used during the First World War. A more powerful and better-armed development of the S.P.A.D. VII, it was the standard fighter of the French Air Force following its introduction in the late summer of 1917 until the end of the war, as well as the main equipment of the pursuit squadrons of the United States Army Air Service. It additionally equipped units of the Italian Air Force during 1918, though it never completely supplanted the earlier S.P.A.D., which many Italian pilots liked better due to its lighter handling. After the war, the airplane was used by air forces ranging from that of Czechoslovakia to Japan, and remained in first-line service with the U.S.A.S. until the early 1920s. Kit Features: Plastic model kit Requires assembly, glue and paint Decals included for American and British Aces
