Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN246 and a trio of F-104

and a trio of F-104 fighters would fly chase

a noticeably more attractive aircraft with a redesigned wing

Here Bismarck is depicted on the evening of the 21st May 1941 entering the open sea on her fateful final voyage

Tribute to the crew of Lynx Helicopters of the Army Air Corps by Graeme Lothian

Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN246 and a trio of F-104DHM2264AP. Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor. Spitfires of 126 and 185 Squadrons successfully fend off a last desperate attempt by enemy aircraft to sink the crippled American tanker Ohio, still some 80 miles short of the beleaguered island of Malta. Badly damaged and barely afloat the Ohio, assisted by Royal Navy destroyers Penn, (foreground), Bramham (lashed to Ohios port side) and Ledbury, limped into port to a tumultuous welcome, on August 15, 1942.