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Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain 1940 – 2020
From the day they’d moved down from Scotland in early August, 602 Squadron had been in the front line of the air fighting over southern England, bearing the brunt of the Luftwaffe’s increasing attacks. Based at Westhampnett, a satellite of nearby...
The Luftwaffe had been held at bay, and with the Battle of Britain won, the Royal Air Force turned its attention from one of defence to a more offensive stance. Having played a pivotal role in Britain’s dogged defence, in November 1940 Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding was replaced as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command by the more aggressively minded Sir William Sholto...
In 1940 Adolf Galland took command of JG-26 and transformed the unit into an elite squadron and the Luftwaffe’s best known Fighter Wing. For the next two years they duelled daily over northern France with the very best of the RAF who nicknamed them the ‘Abbeville Boys’.
One of Robert’s most iconic pieces features the outstanding Galland leading a loose...
September 1940; and the fate of the free world hung in the balance. A year had passed since Hitler had ordered his armies to crush Poland, which they did in a matter of weeks. And, for a while, Europe had held its breath, waiting for the next move.
It came on 9 April 1940 when German forces trampled through Denmark and seized Norway. Four weeks later, they turned their...
By Spring in 1945, most of the Luftwaffe's assets were dedicated to the defense of the Reich. Relentless bombing of Germany's cities and industrial hubs and dwindling supplies kept Luftwaffe defense fighters busy in a desperate attempt stop the inevitable fall of Germany.
"Dora's Defense" depicts Focke-Wulf 190Ds scrambling to meet another morning raid on the Reich by...
Throughout the long hot summer of 1940 the destiny of the British Isles, indeed the future of Europe, laid in the hands of a small band of young RAF fighter pilots. Against them stood the vast aerial fleets of an all powerful Luftwaffe, gloating and confident from its victories in Poland, France and the Low Countries. Lying in wait across the Channel, anticipating an easy victory by its air...
Having somehow managed to wrestle his B-17 ‘Ye Olde Pub’ out of its death-dive, pilot Charlie Brown had unknowingly levelled out above a Luftwaffe fighter base, home to Bf109 Ace Franz Stigler. The Germans watched in amazement as this seemingly easy prey limped overhead and Stigler’s recently re-armed fighter was soon in hot pursuit.
Upon catching the Americans,...
Luftwaffe Ace Johannes 'Macky' Steinhoff downs two P-38 Lightnings near his airbase at Foggia, Italy, 25 August 1943.
In the summer of 1943, Luftwaffe Ace Johannes 'Macky' Steinhoff was on his first tour as Kommodore of JG77 based at Foggia Airfield in Italy. Around 8 am on Wednesday 25 August 1943, Steinhoff took off to test a new engine that had been installed in his...
With soft evening sunlight radiant behind them, Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald, Gruppenkommandeur of 1./JG52, leads a schwarm of Bf109s back to their base near Calais after another hectic encounter with pilots of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, September 1940.
This evocative piece from one of the most exciting artists in the industry pays tribute to the Luftwaffe...
Many of the high-scoring German fighter Aces of WWII had the same things in common; not only did they possess sheer grit, determination and were considered natural pilots, but they all also flew the legendary Messerschmitt Bf109 aircraft.
Some of the most highly-regarded Luftwaffe pilots such as Erich Hartmann, Günther Rall, and Adolf Galland often commented on how, through...
