Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. (D) SHN4 Suffering heavy casualties from the

Suffering heavy casualties from the incessant German machine gun fire

Signed by three famous Luftwaffe Aces who flew with JG54 Green Hearts

completing more than 100 missions

/JG5 took off from their base to escort the mighty battleship Tirpitz and a screening fleet of escort destroyers and torpedo boats

Becker is depicted here claiming one of the many Spads that he shot down on his way to a final victory total of 23

Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. (D) SHN4 Suffering heavy casualties from theSTK0090D. Last Voyage of the Yamato by Stan Stokes. The 74,000 ton Yamato and the Musashi were the two largest battleships ever built, and typified the Imperial Japanese Navys attitude that their ships should be superior to anything the United States had. As a comparison the German Battleship Deutschland displaced a mere 15,500 tons. Each of these ships carried nine 18. 1 inch guns, the most powerful armament available on any ship at that point in