Hans Wind it is.

Tally for 12 day period in summer 1944:
8 Pe-2's
3 P-39's
1 IL-2
7 La-5's
5 Yak-9's
2 Yak-7's
2 DB-3's
2 Sitfires

That is some serious shooting[X(]

RBWhite, that is the picture from which I took the date quess[8D] I'd say the small ship in the left is on both pictures. On the latter picture the plane is landing and the ship has some extra 'cushions' at the deck.

Hint.

30 victories in a period of 12 days

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I'd say the other 4-stacker is USS California / San Diego. Again from the funnell marking and appearance.

The ship in the picture has the flight deck installed at the rear of the deck. In Birmingham it was at the bow. The funnell marking would also sugest it is USS Pensylvania.

USS Birmingham was a smaller Scout Cruiser, allthough it also had 4 funnels.

18 JAN 1911 USS Pensylvania

Eugene B. Ely taking off later in the day.

USS Pensylvania

I'd say Soviet Hurricanes too. Finnish ones not used that high up in the north. Also the formation is a bit 'unfinnish'. That high up in the north they would be flying against the Germans in continuation war.

<t> yes, I have heard of that. Was it somewhere near Göteborg? U-boat escaping allid ships to Swedish waters and not been allowed to leave and so they scuttled the boat, but to low water. Great catch.<br/>
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The finnish U-boat program included also at the start some scutteled boats ...

<t> The good thing about building cruiseships is that the South Koreans, nor really the Japanese either, have the sufficent technology knowledge for building these ships. Or at least the companies operating them do not have faith in those shipyards being able to make these ships.<br/>
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Yeah it helps to be a local and to know a few marine engineers. Actually many, since there is also many design companies that design ships made elswhere, like in US and Japan. So plenty of them to go around.<br/>
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You got right with the yard, though the original Wärtsilä ...

<t> Yeah, the problem with these ships is that you need a lot of decks to fit everything from the cabins to 3500 guest and 1500 crew on board with a bit nicer cabins than in military ships. Then you need to fit the swimming pools, casinos, skating rings, theaters, gyms, shps etc to the ship.<br ...

<t> I'am waiting for this too. Have played the board game a couple of times but the main problem is to get all those people at the place all at the same time. Ant then to have place to store the game while game is on, without somebody 'cleaning' the mess away as it is the way. A friends wife once ...

<r> Last week I went to our local shipyard for a tour in their newest launch.<br/>
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First I thought it would be the worlds largest Cruise liner for the Caribbean cruises an Ultra-Voyager class ship with two on order from the shipyard with 148 000 tonnes. But that one was still in the ...

<t> I saw an interesting things in Swedish movies DVD extras.<br/>
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In the extras they are filming in the Swedish airbase at the north. They are taking pictures of an Hercules landing. At the backround an Apache Longbow helicopter lands. It is painted with some yellow markings that seem to be ...

<r> terje439:
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>In my oppinion I think Germany lost alot when they felt the need to invade Norway. At this time Norway was the 4th or 5th largest shipping nation in the world. So by launching an attack on Norway, the germans actually added large ammount of tonnage to the british ...

<t> Personally I would say, Leopard 2A6 would be a winner. Exellent armour, good mobility etc. Now what makes it a winner compared to M1A2 is that it has a new main gun. AS LEO 2A5 has the same main gun as M1A2, the A6 - model has the new longer barrel 120mm gun.<br/>
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<r> Belisarius:
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Giro is neat, that's how I pay all my ordinary bills, and it rocks being able to do it 24/7 on the internet too.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Are you talking about 'Post giro'. Personally I went bezerk about the medieval state of the Swedish banking systems ...

Are their deep penetration raids the same as Soviet special troops operations in Finland? To slaugter civilian villages near the boarder.