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Steve Crandell wrote:The Finns were not fighting Zeros.

No, but the were fighting against overwhelming odds! And still kicked the Russkies arse (in Brewsters) for quite some time.

How do you spell O-V-E-R C-L-A-I-M-I-N-G? Honestly, I haven't look at Finnish claims but exaggeration seems par for the course for most AFs. You spell it like this - " Facts don't cease to exist just because they are ignored " or maybe even " The highest form of ignorance is when som...

Given the Brewsters woeful reputation with the Allies, how does one explain its - dare I say - rather exemplary performance record in the hands of the Finns circa the same time frame then? If it was such a bad aircraft, then it could only have been their - the Finns - 'sisu'! (For those not familiar...

Hi Dm, Will be interested on your take when finished. I read it within a week or so of its publication and was rather underwhelmed, although I did learn a few new things about 'Tom Thumb', who I (did and still) think has been harshly judged by history and various 'armchair admirals' (although Philli...

Given the 'theme' of this thread I wonder if anyone here has yet read the recently published (a few months ago in UK) book Scapegoat. The Death of Prince of Wales and Repulse by Martin Stephens?

The link in previous post seems to be dead. Try these. The actual survey report; http://www.explorers.org/flag_reports/Flag_118_-_Kevin_Denlay_-_Update.pdf The latest update to the analysis of the survey report (of particular interest are the new photos on pages 70 through 74); http://www.rina.org.u...

Kevin, one last thing if you don't mind. Do you know what ships were in Ozawa's and Kurita's forces ? I have : - Ozawa : Chokai and Sagiri - Kurita : Sentai 7 (Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano), Kinu (meets at 1907) and Suiraisentai 3 (Sendai + DesDiv 19 : URANAMI, SHIKINAMI, AYANAMI, ISONAMI) But I ...

And, more from Marder;

Hi Francis,

Not quite, but close. More from Marder.

My memory, although far from perfect is, occasionally, spot on. :D The following is Capt Bells ‘statement’ from Marder's book. That is, from ‘ Old friends, New Enemies. The Royal Navy and the Japanese Navy. Strategic Illusions 1936 -1941 ’ by Prof. Arthur Marder, page 431/432.(The footnote re Capt B...

When Kondo’s battle fleet (mistakenly illuminated by a flair from Japanese torpedo bombers) was sighted in the mist just after darkness, at only ten miles, on Dec 9th, the radar officer was just shutting down the 281 for the night. That should be 5 miles not 10 miles. Hi Dave, With all due respect,...

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"These 3 torpedo hits were decisive because they negated all damage-control efforts to set a flooding boundary in the stern"." Re the above sentence from Death of a Battleship. As a co-author of the paper I would like to apologise for the unintentional ‘confusion’ this one incorrect ...

Thanks chaps. The consensus elsewhere also seems to point to MkVII. The only info I have besides what’s on NavWar is from the book Naval Weapons of WWII by John Campbell. In that he states re the MkVII; “…..was carried by Australia, Canberra, the London and subsequent 8” (203cm) cruisers but was lat...

Can anyone say with any authority what Mod (Mk ?) of torpedo Exeter was carrying when she was sunk in 42?

I know they were 21" and in two triple banks, but what 'Mk' were they?

TIA, Kevin