This design is inspired by Seafire 11-5-N (Serial PP972) in the colours of Commander Mike Crosley DSC & bar whilst CO of 880 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Implacable. Whilst with the squadron, he carried out a series of attacks on German shipping in the fjords of Norway and by the time the war ended in Europe, 880 Squadron and Implacable were in the war in the Pacific, striking at the Japanese mainland. Crosley was mentioned in despatches and in August 1945, received a Bar to his DSC. He finished the war in the Far East, with 5.5 victories.   He retired from the military in 1970, having flown in both World War 2 and the Korean war, having logged 2,818 flying hours in 147 different types of aircraft and made 415 deck landings.