Konigstiger Ausf B by Randall Wilson. With assault troops on board, a king tiger from Schwere Panzer
Abteilung 511 leads a Jagdpanther down a morning misty road May 1945.
Tiger I of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division, Poland 1944 by Randall Wilson.
The crew of a late model Tiger I of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division,
manage to take a short break from the fighting around Warsaw, during the
German assault, having pushed the Soviet forces out of the city and
across the Vistula River.
Battle of
Eastings by Randall Wilson Abrams tanks with
Bradley APCs charge Iraq positions during the 1st Gulf War.
Evacuation
Dunkirk by Randall Wilson With the harbour
under attack, HMS Express casts off having embarked troops of the
British Expeditionary force (B.E.F.). Leaving with her are the trawlers,
which were part of the small boat armada which played such a major part
in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
HMS Belfast During the Battle of North Cape by Randall Wilson
Under lowering arctic skies HMS Belfast (Admiral Burnets Flagship) leads HMS
Sheffield and HMS Norfolk in the race to protect convoy JW55B from Scharnhorst.
USS Ronald Reagan by Randall Wilson
CVN78 Steams at full power on her 1st deployment
USS Independence by Randall Wilson. USS Independence launches multiple aircraft, RA5C Vigilante from the
waist cat, and a Crusader from the bow while deployed in the Gulf of
Tonkin, Vietnam.
Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson
US Battleship USS Pennsylvania, off Diamond Head
Gunline Omaha by
Randall Wilson USS Texas was built by Newport News and laid down
on the 17th April 1911, launched 18th May 1912 and commissioned into the
navy on the 12th March 1914 , joining the 6th battle Squadron of the
Grand Fleet. serving with it until being transferred to serve with
the British grand Fleet from January 1918 until December 1918. USS Texas
was the first US battleship to carry Anti aircraft Armament. She was re-boilered
after the war using the boiler which had been built for the Battle
Cruisers ordered in 1916 which were never built. Became a training ship
in 1936. and was listed for disposal once their replacements had been
built. During World war two USS Texas supported the Normandy
landings. and while bombarding Cherbourg she was hit several times by 11
inch shells from German Coastal defences. On the 25th June went to
Plymouth for repairs. On the 15th August 1944 supported landings in
Southern France. and In November 1944 transferred tot he Pacific to
support the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. On the 27th October 1945
she was decommissioned and towed to San Jacinto Basin. where she is
preserved as a state Musuem.
Displacement:
27,000 tons, Full load of 28,367 tons. Speed: 21
Knots. range 7060 nautical miles at 10 knots. Crew
1042. Armament: Ten 14-inch guns in pairs. twenty One 5 inch / 51
calibre guns/ Four 21-inch torpedo Tubes (submerged in the beam)
USS Mississippi BB41 by Randall
Wilson
USS Mississippi rides at anchor. A brief rest for the
crew at the port of ADM Oldendorfs T.G. The ship is preparing for the
Invasion of Okinawa.Yankie Station by Randall Wilson
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.
Birds Away (USS Long Beach) by Randall Wilson
