The new fighter became an instant hit with the British, who ordered the new design right off the drawing board in May 1940. In British service the fighter would receive Kittyhawk Mk I designation (factory designation H-87A-21). Altogether 560 aircraft were built for the RAF (serial numbers AK571 to AK999 and AL100 to AL230) and delivered between August and December 1941. Only the first twenty examples (AK571 to AK590) carried four wing-mounted weapons – the remaining aircraft were armed with six machine guns.
This model kit of the Kittyhawk Mk.IA from AZ Model comes with decals for three versions — two United Kingdom and one South Africa