Robert Taylor
THE GALLANT OHIO
By Robert Taylor
overall print size 23" high x 32" wide
Spitfires of 126 and 185 sqns 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 Marton badly damaged and barely afloat the Ohio ,assisted by Royal Navy destroyers Penn,(foreground),Bramham (lashed to the Ohio's port side) and Ledbury ,limped into port to a tumultuous welcome,on the 15 Aug 1942 .Her vital cargo of fuel kept the island's air defences alive .
signed by five distinguished signatures representing the Royal Navy, The Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Air Force who fought for the defence of Malta and the Malta convoys. 850 PRIMARY EDITION £ 180.00 SOLD OUT |
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