Operation Mercury by Nicolas Trudgian. SIG1398C and senior Japanese naval officers

and senior Japanese naval officers realized that the Yamato would need to be sacrificed in the defense of Okinawa

S/Lt Arthur Page's Grumman Avenger JZ469 of 849 NAS suffered an electrical fire whilst climbing toward the target in formation and the decision was made to abort the mission and make an emergency landing back on HMS Victorious

Primus Pilus by Chris Collingwood

Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bradley USMC

Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gray

Operation Mercury by Nicolas Trudgian. SIG1398C and senior Japanese naval officersDHM2615. Operation Mercury by Nicolas Trudgian. Slow, frail, out dated and hopelessly outnumbered, Gladiator biplanes of 112 Squadron RAF tenaciously throw themselves into the fray, attacking Luftwaffe fighter bombers in the battle for Crete, in April 1941. This painting shows Me110Cs of II. ZG76, having attacked naval units off the coast of Crete in early May 1941, being bravely intercepted by two Gladiators of 112 Squadron. Heavily outnumbered, the