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Hawker Sea Fury

A Hawker Sea Fury ready for take off from HMS Theseus

Hawker Sea Fury

Originally designed for the Royal Air Force as a light Tempest Fighter, the end of the Second World War saw the RAF cancel its order for the fighter. The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm saw the Fury as an ideal option to replace a range of aircraft and ordered it as the Hawker Sea Fury with deliveries beginning in 1947.

The Sea Fury was operated from British and Australian aircraft carriers during the Korean War. Cuba operated the type during the Bay of Pigs invasion, while Iraq donated several to Egypt which operated them during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Burma, Pakistan, Iraq and the Netherlands used Sea Furies for counter insurgency operations.

The links below will take you to pages for the individual operators.

Australia

Burma

Burmese Air Force Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 UB454
Burmese Air Force Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 UB454

Canada

Cuba

Egypt

Royal Egyptian Air Force Hawker Sea Fury
Royal Egyptian Air Force Hawker Sea Fury

Iraq

Netherlands

Dutch Hawker Sea Fury
Dutch Hawker Sea Fury

Pakistan

United Kingdom

West Germany

Japanese Battleship Yamashiro

Japanese battleship Yamashiro

Japanese Battleship Yamashiro

Yamashiro was a Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched on 3 November 1915, she was completed on 31 March 1917.

Due to her age, Yamashiro played supporting roles in the early part of World War Two. At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Yamashiro was part of Vice-Admiral Shōji Nishimura’s Southern Force. On the morning of 24 October 1944, she was attacked by carrier aircraft and ship listed by almost 15 degrees after a bomb’s near miss damaged the hull and flooded the starboard bilge, until counter-flooding in the port bilge righted the ship.

Early the next morning, Yamashiro, accompanied by Fuso was attacked by a force of US destroyers. Fuso was hit and fell out of formation, sinking between 03:38 and 03:50. Yamashiro was also hit by one or two torpedoes but after counter flooding to counter a list was able to continue.

During the subsequent night action of the Battle of Surigao Strait, Yamashiro was intercepted by a force of ten cruisers and six battleships. The action started at 03:52 and concluded at 04:19 when she sank. An estimated 1,626 officers and crew were killed in her sinking.

Messerschmitt Me 410 Scale Models

Messerschmitt Me 410 A-2/U4 of 5./ZG 26 Horst Wessel 3U+JN

Messerschmitt Me 410 Scale Models

Used by the Luftwaffe during World War II, the Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber.

Matchbox Messerschmitt Me 410 A-2/U4 of 5./ZG 26 Horst Wessel 3U+JN