The aircraft was about 13 percent faster and could climb to combat altitude in 45 percent less time than the Allison-equipped aircraft
Theyll return as men to the love they left
Throughout the entire forty-four minutes
he was credited with 12 and a quarter victories while flying in aid of the Chinese against the Japanese
The Scenic Route by Alan S Holt A 225 Squadron TAC/R pair returning from Bologna over the Apennines
Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. (B) SIG636 The aircraft was about 13STK0072B. Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. On July 24, 1945, Air Group 87 on board the USS Ticonderoga was informed that the Hyuga, anchored off a small island near Kure, Japan, would be its target. The ship, a WW I vintage battleship which had been modernized in 1936, and later converted to part battleship and part sea plane tender, would be a formidable objective with its impressive firepower and the fact that its location would place the attackers