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Displaying skills learnt only in combat the crew of a B-17G live up to their bomber’s Flying Fortress name to dispatch an enemy Bf109 with a hail of blistering defensive fire.
When Boeing first unveiled their new B-17 a local journalist was quick to notice the machine’s bristling array of .50 calibre machine-guns. He described the new bomber as a ‘15-ton...
Following a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a Luftwaffe Bf110 in the skies over Germany, the eagle-eyed Lancaster gunners turn the tables on their opponent, shooting down the enemy fighter with a blizzard of accurate fire.
It wasn’t only glamorous fighter pilots who managed to chalk up the five kills that earned them the coveted status of ‘ace’. Little...
With the end of the war drawing ever closer, Ernst Udet, with 62 victories the highest-scoring German ace to survive the hostilities, and second only to Manfred von Richthofen, sets out towards the front flying his distinctive Siemens Schuckert D.III.
On 6 April 1918 Ernst Udet shot down a British Sopwith Camel whilst flying with Jasta...
Led by Herbert Ihlefeld, Me109E's of II/JG2 dive through the bomber formation giving chase to Hurricanes of 242 Squadron as Ju88s of KG30, having unloaded their bombs, head for home. One Ju88 has been hit and is already losing height, and will not return. Following behind He111s of KG53 try to keep formation as they fly through flak. The sky is alive with action.
Robert's wonderfully realistic piece captures the very essence of an epic day during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. A Heinkel has been brought down, one of many never to make it home on this bright and sunny day.
As the Luftwaffe bomber's crew emerge from their broken aircraft, relieved to have survived the crash-landing, a Mk.I Spitfire from 66 Sqn roars low...
The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow. At 10.45am, in deteriorating weather, a battle formation of 30 Fw190D fighters climbed out of Varrelbusch and headed south over the snowcovered...
The Battle of Britain, 13 August 1940
Fresh from a successful action over marauding Me110s and Me109s attempting a raid on Portland during the Battle of Britain, Spitfires of 152 Squadron, with the distinctive sound of their Merlin engines echoing around Lulworth Cove, return to their base at Warmwell to re-fuel and re-arm....
Months of planning had gone into preparing for D-Day and success, or failure, hinged on a myriad of operations working like clockwork. The logistics involved were staggering; 18,000 Allied paratroops would be dropped to support the 132,000 troops that would land on the first day along with 6,000 vehicles, including 900 tanks, 600 field guns and some 4,000 tons of supplies, all transported...
‘Wait till you get ‘em in your sights’ he said, ‘then short bursts. There’s no use melting your guns!’ It was a simple tactic and with 28 air victories to his credit during World War II, one that made ‘Gabby’ Gabreski the top-scoring American Ace in Europe. As if that wasn’t enough, Gabreski would later down 6.5 MiG-15s flying the F-86 in...
A flak damaged B-17 Fortress sheds debris as it struggles to keep up with the Group; B-24 Liberators have joined the formation as they approach the Belgian coast, and a P-51, low on fuel, provides escort for the North Sea crossing. The U.S. 8th Air Force, its mission almost complete, is coming home.
In three years of continual combat, the bomber crews of the USAAF faced enormous...
