First Combat by David Pentland. (B) SIG1658DP0169B. First Combat by David Pentland. Franco German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3. JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II 4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14
Lance Corporal Harry Hopkins
resulting in a forced landing behind enemy lines
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De Gaulle's Defenders by David Pentland
336 C versions
Of the four aces the from the 434th Fighter Squadron
Signed limited edition of 1050 prints
Flight Lieutenant Simon Rea
Rittm Manfred von Richthofen and his brother Ltn Lothar von Richthofen
Currently just over Beddgelert Forest in the Caernarfon valley
The role of the support brigade is to receive both troops and equipment into theatre and organise their onward movement
Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm)