And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Three/five (sources differ) Fletcher class destroyers were fitted to launch and recover Kingfishers. This was deemed unsuccessful and the ships were converted to standard DD configuration.
OS2U Kingflisher spotter plane. Flew from battleships and cruisers
ReplyDeleteThree/five (sources differ) Fletcher class destroyers were fitted to launch and recover Kingfishers. This was deemed unsuccessful and the ships were converted to standard DD configuration.
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That recovery vessel is NOT a tin can!
DeleteIs it raining in Spain?
ReplyDeleteThe pilots of those ships were made of steel.
ReplyDeleteThe USS North Carolina has one strapped to the fantail.
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