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Fire for Effect by David Pentland. (PC) Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium, 20th December 1944. Newly arrived 81mm Mortars of 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, fire in support of U.S. Paratroopers defending against German probes to the north of Bastogne. |
Tribute to Joe Peterburs by Ivan Berryman. (PC) This is the moment when Joe Peterburs began his chase after German ace Walter Schuck's Messerschmitt Me262 on 10th April 1945, a combat that ended in victory for the American. But this was to be a day of mixed fortunes for Peterburs who was himself brought down some time later by ground fire whilst strafing an airfield. He was captured, but escaped and fought with a Russian tank unit to the battle of Wittenberg on the Elbe. |
The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16 1777 by John Trumbull (PC) British General John Burgoyne surrenders to General Horatio Gates, who refused to take the mans sword when offered out of respect. The battle, a decisive American victory, was instrumental in strengthening the Franco-American alliance. Burgoyne would never be given another commanding position again in the British Army. |
Birds Away by Randall Wilson. (PC) USS Long Beach became the first ship to ever shoot down aircraft using missiles. She is seen firing two Talos Missiles that downed two MIGs at a range of 80 miles in May 1968. |
The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders. (PC) A splendid little war was how John Hay, ambassador to Britain, described the Spanish-American war of 1898. Though the war was small in scope it was large in consequences; it promoted the regeneration of the American Navy and the emergence of the United States as a major world power. Fought primarily at sea, the war created an American naval legend in its opening encounter between the pacific squadrons of Spain and the United States at Manila Bay on the 1st of May 1898. At sunrise Admiral Dewey, leading the American fleet in his flagship the USS Olympia, had caught the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Patricio Montojo, by surprise - still anchored off Sangley Point at Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands. Defeat for the Spanish was total and heralded the end of a once extensive Spanish empire in the Americas. Montojos flagship, Reina Cristina, is seen here under fire from the Olympia. |
Fork Tailed Devil (Lightning) by Ivan Berryman. (PC) It was during the inter-war period that a reawakening interest in twin engined fighter design prompted several countries to investigate a number of revolutionary concepts, of these only Lockheed's sleek and unconventional P.38 was to be put into large scale production, proving to be a versatile and dominant fighter possessed of extremely long range, good speed and manoeuverability and a formidable armament. When production ceased in 1945, 9,923 examples of the P38 Lightning had been delivered. |
Valley Forge Fly-By by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Lieutenant Robert C Wattenburger shows off the unique lines of the Vought F.4U Corsair 124723 (NP-8) of VC-3 during a low-level fly-by of USS Valley Forge in May, 1952. |
USS Dwight Eisenhower by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A pair of F18 Hornets overfly the Nimitz-class carrier USS Dwight Eisenhower (CV-69) with the surface combatant USS Arleigh Burke (DDF-51) off her port bow. |
Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders. (PC) At dawn on the 7th December 1941, 350 Japanese warplanes flew from their carriers and attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the attack concentrated on Battleship Row which included USS California (Left) and USS Nevada (Right) which was the only battleship to get underway during the attack. However coming under intense bomb attack she was later beached. For the Japanese the success was not total, as the US carrier fleet was out on manoeuvres on the day of the attack. |
The Battle of Spotsylvania - May 8th to 21st, 1864 by Henry Alexander Ogden (PC) The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a brutal and intense engagement in the Overland Campaign, marked by fierce combat and significant casualties, where Union General Ulysses S. Grant sought to outmaneuver Confederate General Robert E. Lee but ultimately failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough. |
Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders. (PC) In the spring of 1942, USS Washington was the first of Americas fast battleship fleet to participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the Royal Navy. On 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York, HMS Victorious and an accompanying cruiser and destroyer force, she formed part of the distant covering force to convoy PQ17, bound for Russia. In the Pacific later that same year, she became the only modern US battleship to engage an enemy capital ship, sinking the Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima. |
Yankie Station by Randall Wilson (PC) CVN 65 USS Enterprise on her first deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin. On this day she flew 165 sorties, a carrier record! Two A4 Skyhawks head towards a bombing mission while an F4 phantom rides escort. |
US Steel by Randall Wilson. (PC) No text for this item |
USS Hornet, Eye of the Storm by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Late October 1942 in the waters east of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Santa Cruz saw the sinking of the US carrier Hornet, in what proved to be the last major carrier battle of the South Pacific theatre. |
The Scout by Frederic Remington. (PC) A scout on the frontier pictured here having just fired his distinctive Model 1866 Winchester; also known as the Yellow Boy due to its brass alloy frame. The Model 1866 fired a 44 Rimfire cartridge and was the first rifle to bear the iconic Winchester name. It saw widespread use among frontiersmen due to its low cost and readily available ammunition. International sales were also made to The Ottoman Empire for use in the Franco-Prussian war along with limited use in a select few other European nations. Manufactured up until 1899, the Model 1866 has gone down in history as one of the quintessential cowboy rifles of the times. |
Faithful Unto Death by Gilbert Gaul (PC) Part of the classic collection. |
Bloodied But Unbeaten (The Battle for the Dunkard Church During the Battle of Sharpsburg, September. (PC) Described as the Deathknell of the Confederacy - Sharpsburg (Antietam to the North) was a savage bloodletting for both sides. It was said to be the bloodiest day of the American Civil War. In the painting, below the Dunkard church confederate General John Bell Hoods Texas Division - or what was left of it- stand in line of battle. In the distance Union Major General John Sedgwicks division can be seen advancing on the rebel lines. During the ghastly four hour struggle the Confederates managed to hold and then repel the bloodied remnants of Sedgwicks division back to the east woods and at about 10.30am, the carnage around the Dunkard church had ended. Eventually though, the Confederate forces were in retreat, loosing Sharpsburg to the Union but prepared to fight on for two and a half more years, bloodied but unbeaten. |
Rebel Advance by Chris Collingwood. (PC) Depicting the 5th Virginia Infantrymen advancing across open ground. |
USS Ronald Reagan by Randall Wilson. (PC) CVN78 Steams at full power on her 1st deployment. |
Tribute to Hubert 'Hub' Zemke by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Hub Zemke lends his name to 'Zemke's Wolf Pack', the 56th Fighter Group that became deadly with the P-47 Thunderbolt thanks to his tactics with the machine. He scored a total of 17.75 victories in the war, mostly with this unit, but is depicted here on 26th September 1944 flying a P-51 Mustang with the 479th Fighter Group. He scored just 2.5 victories with this unit, but the one depicted here is over the German Ace Alfred Grislawski in his Me109 - a victory that injured Grislawski and meant he took no further combat role in the war. At the end of October, Hub Zemke's airframe failed in turbulence and he bailed out to be taken prisoner for the rest of the war. Amongst his many decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross as well as the Purple Heart. He died aged 80 in 1994. |
USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders (PC) USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost. |
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