THE FAIREY PINTAIL

 

The Fairey Pintail was a British

Two-seater, single-engine

Floatplane fighter from the 1920s

Intended for use by the RAF

as a reconnaissance fighter

But in the end, it was rejected

And the only orders placed were

By the Imperial Japanese Navy

THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF

 

St Crispin’s day has been

A bloody day in history

Famous for being a day 

When battles were fought

High in the cost of life

Among these, in 1944

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

In the Pacific theatre

Of World War Two

Fought in the waters

Of the Philippine Islands

Off Cape Engaño, Samar Island

And in the Straits of Surigao

The largest naval combat

In history, between

The Navy’s of the Japanese

And the United States

When the Japanese fleet

Was comprehensive destroyed