TRP05305 1:350 Trumpeter Buckley Class Destroyer USS England DE-635

Kit consists of 177 plastic parts on 9 sprues plus a photoetch part. Markings are for 1945 measure 22 and 1943 measure 21. Completed kit measures over 10" long.

John Charles England was a radio man who served prior to WWII on the USS Oklahoma. During the attack on Pearl Harbor in Dec 1941, the Oklahoma was hit by a Japanese torpedo. Ensign England managed to escape to the deck of his ship, only to realize his colleagues were trapped in the radio room . After rescuing three, he returned yet again to rescue a fourth and was never seen again. Ensign England was a few days shy of his 21st birthday and was awaiting the arrival the following week of his wife and 3 week old daughter who he had not yet seen. The Destroyer USS England proudly served in his honor in WWII and in late May of 1944 it sunk six enemy submarines, a feat unsurpassed to this day.