Monthly Archives: March 2015

via JC’s Naval, Marine and Military http://ift.tt/1ET2kKm The cruiser remained near Australia until mid-1940, when she was deployed for duties in the eastern Atlantic, including hunts for German ships and participation in Operation Menace. During 1941, Australia operated in home and Indian Ocean waters, but was reassigned as flagship of the ANZAC Squadron in earlyContinue reading “HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925, and entered service in 1928. Apart from an exchange deployment to the Mediterranean from 1934 to 1936, during which she became involved in the planned British response to the Abyssinia Crisis, Australia operated in local and South-West Pacific waters until World War II began”

via JC’s Naval, Marine and Military http://ift.tt/1ET2iT0 Originally shared by +David Lamberson Ki-61 Hien  

via JC’s Naval, Marine and Military http://ift.tt/1ET2i5r Originally shared by +Zhugderdemidiyn Zorigtoi (K.V.) Painting by Aviation Artist Roger H. Middlebrook The SAAB J29, known as the flying barrel can be described as SAABs first jet. The plans seen by the Swedish design team were for the Messerschmitt P.1107, an aircraft that never made it offContinue reading “Tre Tunnor – SAAB J29 Tunnan.”