First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) SQN208DHM2057B. First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B 17 Flying Fortresses of the 100th B. G. are attacked. Screaming in head on, Fw190s of II. JG I charge into the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B 17 gunners are working overtime; the air is
four other 617 aircrew
with several other vessels damaged
Officer of the Coldstream Guards (Winter Dress) by L Mansion & L Eschauzier
Then Naik Darwan Singh Negi went ahead of his section
This flight was interesting because it set a coast-to-coast speed record of 68 minutes
as the mariners term it
Brian Clough OBE by Stephen Doig
and pilot visibility
Crossing the North Rumaylah Bridge
Signed limited edition of 950 prints
Dnepr River
appropriate considering the fact that during wartime the majority of the people which built these planes were women