The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman (AP) ART428 Despite these attacks

Despite these attacks

Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck DSO DFC** (deceased)

the worst damage being the destruction of a fuel dump on 13th June

He was tragically lost over Korea in 1952 whilst on an exchange posting with the USAF

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman (AP) ART428 Despite these attacksDHM1255AP. The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman. Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo