Zero Type 21
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21 March 2013, 19:05
Steve WilsonA very poignant image for me...
That's the plane that sank my dads ship, on the 5th of April 1942 in the Indian Ocean, he was Chief Engineer on HMS Cornwall. Also sunk was her sister ship HMS Dorsetshire. Total losses were 424 men killed; 1,120 survivors who spent between 36 to 48 hours in the water, of which one was my father, he survived and also the War.
Never-the-less a great build...
21 March 2013, 19:43
Helerson MacielWhat madness! What a coincidence! Thankfully her father survived. Thank you for your compliment. Feel free to comment further.
21 March 2013, 20:02
Leandro KrindgesOw Steve, What a history... I'm happy that your father survived...
21 March 2013, 20:05
Bill GilmanWow, that's spooky. I am glad your father survived, but surely some medical problems from being in the water that long. My grandfather, who flew a SPAD in WWI, was shot down over the North Sea, and he spent about 6 hours in the water. He was in a hospital in Paris for almost one year recovering.
21 March 2013, 22:41
Es-haq KhosraviEs-haq Khosravi
So happy for your father Wilson! The war is a total madness...
22 March 2013, 15:14
Luca CinacchioGreat weathering and wonderful base... i need to copy it in the future!
22 March 2013, 15:24
Helerson MacielThank you all.
Luca, you can copy for sure. I used wooden blade on base. Dpois painted with acrylic paints.
22 March 2013, 15:57
Aghis BarberopoulosI think heavy cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire were sunk by "Val" dive bombers, rather that Zero straffing Steve, Probably you meant the Carrier Akagi that launched the attack.
22 March 2013, 16:51
Steve WilsonAccording to my fathers account, six or seven waves of Zero's each carrying a 250-550lb bomb. Cornwall was attacked by nine bombs, six near misses, three hits, one went down the funnel exploding in the engine room. If they were "Val Dive bombers, I wasn't there, so I don't know. I only know it as my father told it. Maybe he mis-identified them I don't know. But when I see a Zero I remember his memories which is what I was alluding too...
22 March 2013, 17:58
Aghis BarberopoulosJust for the record, A6M2's could carry small bombs on wing pods (2x132 lb) ,so your father could be right. In any case, there was a tendency to call all Japanese aircraft "Zeroes" those days... Here is the story... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday_Raid
22 March 2013, 20:13
Steve WilsonAnd it's incredibly similar to the one Helerson so brilliantly built above...
22 March 2013, 21:07