By Tony Holmes
This quantity info the stories of 107 elite American aces in strive against opposed to the japanese. the top scoring US pilots of worldwide battle 2 fought opposed to the japanese military Air strength and Imperial jap army over the jungles of recent Guinea and the Philippines. Flying P-38s and P-47s, males similar to Dick Bong and Thomas McGuire received the Medal of Honor for his or her successes in wrestle in 1943-45. ‘Twelve to One’ is a unprecedented rfile that information the ‘tricks of the trade’ hired by way of those males. This quantity additionally contains biographies of the lads whose guidance for aerial wrestle make up the textual content, and the V Fighter Command guide.
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The supply ship (Tross-schiff) Tannenfels, which resupplied several of the auxiliary cruisers on their many successful wartime raiding cruises. Note that - somewhat unusually for a supply ship - she is carrying a floatplane (silhouetted behind the funnel), but this was most likely a replacement she was transporting to one of the commerce raiders. 7cm flak, 4x 2cm flak Crew 100-200 Operational history Dithmarschen The Blockade-Breaker Badge, showing a merchant vessel, its prow adorned with the eagleand-swastika, breaking through a chain symbolizing the Allied blockade.
Tenders were classed as either simply 'Tender', or Flottentender, Stationstender, Unterseebootstender, etc. As an example of how designations might change for the same ship, the Saar will be found referred to as both a Fleet Tender (Flottentender Saar) and as a Submarine Escort Ship (UBootsbegleitschiff Saar). Examples of some of the more important vessels of this type would include the following: The Flottentender Gazelle, one of many small auxiliary vessels used by the Kriegsmarine. During wartime they were often employed as command ships, for escort or minesweeping duties.