Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN246 and a trio of F-104

and a trio of F-104 fighters would fly chase

The airport closed officially in 1939

for this was a feat never before attempted

5K+AR was raised from the water to be put on display at the RAF Museum in Hendon

Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN246 and a trio of F-104DHM2264AP. Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor. Spitfires of 126 and 185 Squadrons successfully fend off a last desperate attempt by enemy aircraft to sink the crippled American tanker Ohio, still some 80 miles short of the beleaguered island of Malta. Badly damaged and barely afloat the Ohio, assisted by Royal Navy destroyers Penn, (foreground), Bramham (lashed to Ohios port side) and Ledbury, limped into port to a tumultuous welcome, on August 15, 1942.