Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. (B) SIG636 The aircraft was about 13

The aircraft was about 13 percent faster and could climb to combat altitude in 45 percent less time than the Allison-equipped aircraft

he was credited with 12 and a quarter victories while flying in aid of the Chinese against the Japanese

Throughout the entire forty-four minutes

claiming 9 confirmed victories before being shot down on 22nd May 1918 and being taken prisoner

Rudy met Herman Goering once at a special airshow for high ranking military and government officials

Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. (B) SIG636 The aircraft was about 13STK0072B. Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes. On July 24, 1945, Air Group 87 on board the USS Ticonderoga was informed that the Hyuga, anchored off a small island near Kure, Japan, would be its target. The ship, a WW I vintage battleship which had been modernized in 1936, and later converted to part battleship and part sea plane tender, would be a formidable objective with its impressive firepower and the fact that its location would place the attackers