Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. (B) NRG1049 Of the three E-Class cruisers

Of the three E-Class cruisers proposed at the end of World War 1

The first take off by a jet from an aircraft carrier is depicted here as Lt Cdr Brown lifts away from the deck of HMS Ocean on that momentous day

By British standards

Leutnant d R Viktor Schobinger by Ivan Berryman

which he renamed the Ranger

Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. (B) NRG1049 Of the three E-Class cruisersDHM6605B. Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. Born of Croatian parents in Sarajevo in 1893, Friedrich Navratil served under the Austro Hungarian flag throughout his considerable military career, becoming an outstanding pilot with Flik 3J on the Italian Front. He is depicted here chasing down a Hanriot of 72A Squadriglia da Caccia over Val del Concei in August 1918 to claim his third of ten victories. Navratil's distictive Albatross D. III (Oef)