The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman (GL) BAT10 610 flown by P/O Pegge

610 flown by P/O Pegge

LS-Z of 15 Sqn piloted by Flying Officer Jack Darlow

Ships following are Shikishima and Fuji with other ships of the fleet further in the distance

It was one of her Blackburn Skuas that claimed the first aerial victory of WWII against a German aircraft on 26th September 1939 and one of her Fairey Swordfish that crippled the mighty Bismarck

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman (GL) BAT10 610 flown by P/O PeggeDHM1255GL. 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