And now for something different…
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That’s something you don’t see every day.
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OK, you awesome scratch builder figure modellers, get to work.
Imagine the shame and humiliation of a German pilot,
a member of Hitlers race of “Übermenschen”,
getting shot out of the sky by Tommies in drag.
Messerschmitter comment: The guns in the photos are not AA-guns
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Now, now, Robin, maybe it was a under-the-radar raid with Heinkel 115s? Y’know, like this, but with proper floats.
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Didn’t some battleship try to splash torpedobombers by firing their main guns into the ocean ahead of the attacking planes?
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That depends on which Royal Artillery Regiment you go and visit lol
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Hi Robin, I remember reading that battleships and cruisers would fire into the water ahead of torpedo attacks. I can’t remember the particular engagements but I’m pretty sure it happened at the battle of the Philippine Sea and maybe even Leyte Gulf. Japan also built anti-aircraft shells for the main battery of some of their battleships. I remember, they were the kind they would explode and throw phosphorus pellets out all over, like those phosphorus moms that they would try to drop on formations.