If I understand American practice correctly it was a single layer of douglas fir planking on top of steel. You can see a picture of Yorktown's...
Isn't that the darndest trip for a photograph? Indeed Fred, neat story. Thank you.
And as earlier noted the A6M had legs easily the equal of the P-51 and quite regularly made longer round trip escort missions than London to...
This is a bit of a stretch, but is it remotely possible you were thinking of this fair lady, USS Wyoming? [IMG] [IMG] While she is not, in fact,...
I am indeed aware of this, RAL, but had the will been there I have little doubt repairs couldn't have been expedited. Keep in mind she sailed...
Lovely little spot there KB. Bit of a change from Alaska, I would guess. (I've not been to Alaska, so I can only speculate on that point. But one...
As a proud Missourian, I would have preferred to see the surrender signed aboard Pennsylvania. (Or better yet Enterprise.) Pennsy was a fine ship...
You don't see the one's I hung from the ceiling with cotton puffs floating out behind. (And the fellow bailing out with a napkin parachute.) Nor...
Best get a lot of display shelves. My own wall of boxes is a bit smaller and I still lined a wall and a half of my bedroom with models when I was...
I don't know that we're obliged to recognize the Statue of Westminster either in the negative or affirmative. Given that Australia has been acting...
General Terauchi, Do we then intend to declare war on Australia preemptively? Are not Rabaul and the Solomons Australian territories or...
I would indeed be interested in a copy. I would also be interested in a list of our amphibious forces availabe. My own records on SNLFs lack...
If we approach the problem in a more linear fashion then groups of escorting warships, your hunter groups perhaps, will certainly be key. We have...
It's not that I'm worried about any of these fleets, per se, but rather what they can do to our auxiliaries should we fail to engage them. If we...
I see two problems with this. First, our objectives are rather dispersed. On a map of sufficiently small scale they look concentrated, but this is...
As I understand it the "Dry I" USS Intrepid, rigged a sail off a radar mast once and made a knot or two. Awfully hard to conduct flight operations...
Esteemed Prime Minister Belasaru and Secretary Bobimoto, I am troubled by the misunderstanding arising in our ranks. I beg your patience briefly...
You might like this site: The Wizard War: WW2 and the Origins of Radar. They have some information on early airborne radar and even some...
Honorable Prime Minister, You propose an admirable solution, so I almost hesitate to suggest amendment, but I might make one small...
Would nearby bases materially effect their need for amphibious troops and shipping? Do those nearby bases have stockpiles of fuel oil that the...
