Recent content by Walter Pamuar

A painting of Swetts's Wildcat during the dogfight and entitled 'The Unlucky Eight' by Stan Stokes graces the cover of the book entitled 'Flying Aces' (below). A lovely book full of incredible aviation artwork by various artists, it is highly recommended. As an aside the oiler seen coming...

Correct, a float plane, most likely a 'Pete', from one of the four IJN heavy cruisers that were shelling Exeter.

First, my previous post was not meant to 'bust' or catch anybody out as it were, but just make a correction and set the historical record straight re the images presented. With regards the above ‘question’, the following three images were taken by Japanese pilots, the first of HMS Exeter...

Hi Ron, Nice photos you have there but, sadly, and no offense meant from a forum newcomer, but for historically accuracy you should realize that the photos are NOT taken during the Battle of the Java Sea (27th Feb 1942) and that you have them miscaptioned. For instance, re the captions...