Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. (B) HOR99STK0090B. Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. The 74,000 ton Yamato and the Musashi were the two largest battleships ever built, and typified the Imperial Japanese Navys attitude that their ships should be superior to anything the United States had. As a comparison the German Battleship Deutschland displaced a mere 15,500 tons. Each of these ships carried nine 18. 1 inch guns, the most powerful armament available on any ship at that point in
the order is given to attack
Brilliant winner of the 2000 Guineas
sending it plunging into the North Sea after a 20 minute chase
For me it has a mystique unlike any other place in the UK low flying system
his final tally would be 237
Image size 26 inches x 10 inches (66cm x 25cm)
It was during the testing phase of this aircraft at Lake Schall in 1944 that the BV-238 was strafed and destroyed by a flight of three P-51s lead by Eighth Air Force ace Urban Drew
His attack on the Sonia is depicted in Stan Stokes painting entitled Triple Dates With Destiny
Jack L Colby USMC
In August 1943 he was sent on a flight leaders course at Charmy Down and posted to Ibsley as a Flight Commander in 616 South Yorkshire Squadron
The Battle of Hlobane had been a British defeat
facing the might of an all-conquering Nazi Germany