HMS Ajax (22) Bf 109 E-4

HMS Ajax (22) Bf 109 E-4HMS Ajax was a British Leander class light cruiser first launched in March 1934. It was a vessel with an illustrious career. Perhaps her most famous action came at the beginning of the Second World War when she led an engagement against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, which led to the scuttling of the mighty Kriegsmarine surface raider.

48 Squadron at RAF Manston in March 1936

The plane was powered by a 1

However its real purpose soon became clear when it was used as a bomber during the Spanish Civil War

The first 43 recovery tractors delivered to the British Army from 1936 the British Army were designated the Pioneer SV1S ] and the Pioneer SV1T both with a 3 ton folding crane and lockers for recovery equipment and towing bars

it was now redesigned as an Anti tank gun

Double kit with 3D printed accessories

But even this obstacle was overcome and once the beach-heads were secure

Although slower than the Messerschmitt Bf109

the truck and the trailer are about 56 cm long

then took part in Operation 'Tungsten' air strike against the German battleship Tirpitz on 3 April 1944

Rack for 500 lb bomb

On the beaches of Omaha