Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid ‘Supermarine Otter Flying Boat’. 21724. Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid ‘Supermarine Otter Flying Boat’. 21724. Antiques & Militaria

This is a very rare model/silhouette of a ‘Supermarine Otter Flying Boat’ (the Supermarine Sea Otter was an amphibious aircraft designed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine. It was the final biplane flying boat to be designed by the company, and the last biplane to enter service with both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force) used by the Air Observer Corps during WWII as a training aid/detection tool to train and inform members of the A.O.C. in identifying and reporting aircraft during the defence of Britain from 1925 (The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996). Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers were trained and administered by a small cadre of professional full-time officers under the command of the Commandant Royal Observer Corps; latterly a serving RAF Air Commodore). Measuring; 19 ½ cm (wingspan) 16 cm in length and 5 ½ cm in height. Made from a very lightweight softwood and painted matt black the model/silhouette shows very intricate detail and is undamaged *paint missing to the front of the engine body*. The price includes UK delivery. 21724.