White Ensign Models 1/350 HMS Starling Royal Navy Modified Black Swan Sloop Kit (K3560)

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White Ensign Models 1/350 HMS Starling Royal Navy Modified Black Swan Sloop Kit (K3560)
Frederic John Walker was a rarity in the Royal Navy. He joined the RN as a cadet/midshipman in 1913. He proved very able and served throughout the 1 World War. He served on the battleship as a midshipmen up to 1916 when he was transferred to the RN destroyers. That gave him the taste for fighting the small ships and even though he had other tours Queen Elizabeth and he kept going back to the smaller warship. After World War One Walker specialized. While the surest way to high rank was command of cruisers and then battleships, Johnny Walker specialized in anti-submarine warfare. Very few RN officers chose that path in the 1920s and 1930s. Even the benighted FAA was more popular than that field. This decision almost cost him further service. Still a commander in 1939 as an expert in an ignored field, he was slated for early retirement when World War Two erupted.

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