The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders (GS) SQN341 501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan

501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan Berryman

thus ending an illustrious combat career comprising 550 combat missions and 57 aerial victories

Walter Schuck claims one of two P-51 Mustangs shot down as his first two victories in his new Me262 jet fighter

Royal Troon by Fraser Shaw (P) Original painting by Fraser Shaw

The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders (GS) SQN341 501 Squadron Hurricanes by IvanDHM1347GS. The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders. A splendid little war was how John Hay, ambassador to Britain, described the Spanish American war of 1898. Though the war was small in scope it was large in consequences; it promoted the regeneration of the American Navy and the emergence of the United States as a major world power. Fought primarily at sea, the war created an American naval legend in its opening encounter between the pacific