japanese planes took off from clark field.
japanese planes took off from clark field.
where did the japanese planes take off from?
clark field
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after the shooting at "van ghent", "van nes" regrouped with "sloet van der beele", which had accelerated to , even though she was designed to reach a maximum of . at 13:00, "van nes" spotted two japanese groups of ten bombers each. "van nes" opened fire with her aa guns but didn't score any hits. the japanese dropped five bombs on "sloet van der beele", of which one was a direct hit. five minutes later she sank taking 249 people down with her while 203 people survived the attack. for two hours, "van nes" kept fighting with the japanese planes dodging all the bombs. with a large group of planes appearing on the horizon the japanese planes left. the relief on "van nes" was short as these planes weren't the british fighters they had been expecting, but more japanese planes. "van nes" had suffered a few near misses before her commander sent the message 'attack continues, are slightly damaged' at 15:20. at 15:30, "van nes" suffered two direct hits; one on the stern and one amidships, causing the ship to break in two and sink. of the 143 people on board, 68 went down with the ship, with others dying later due to their injuries or in japanese concentration camps.
hnlms van nes (1930)