Boiling Point - USS Missouri by Anthony Saunders. (AP) PER55

Boiling Point - USS Missouri by Anthony Saunders. (AP) PER55DHM1417AP. Boiling Point USS Missouri by Anthony Saunders. Launched on the 29th of January 1944, USS Missouri was the last and one of the finest battleships of any fleet. With a top speed of 33 knots, she earnt the name Fast Battleship, as the Iowa class to which she belonged were known. Bristling with an assortment of anti aircraft, Missouri was as much a floating anti aircraft battery as a battleship. With these qualities Missouri was well equiped

Scouts of the 10th Bengal Lancers (Field Service Kit) by Richard Simkin

Group Up- Half Ahead Starboard by Robert Barbour

piloted by F/Lt

USS Wahoo (SS-238) would also fall victim

Hannes Trautloft (deceased)

crashing near Montcornet

5 companies of 1st Battalion

but it is likely that he may have been responsible for a further possible 69 kills

The Hurricanes were to become part of the Defence of Malta against the onslought and non stop bombing by the Axis Bombers and HMS Ark Royal would be sunk only a few months later when on the 13th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal was hit by a single torpedo from the German U-boat U81

passes Dalmuir ship docks

Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm)

with Erwin Leykauf and Georg Schneider also claiming one each