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An atmospheric edition commemorating the aircrews of RAF Bomber Command
The Avro Lancaster can justifiably claim to have been the RAF’s most successful bomber of World War II. Following its first operational sortie in 1942, for the last three years of the war the Lancaster, supported by the Halifax, formed the backbone of Bomber Command’s relentless offensive against...
The world's foremost Aviation Artist commemorates the Great War
The Royal Air Force was formed on 1 April 1918 when the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, administered by the Admiralty in Whitehall, amalgamated to form the world’s first independent air force. From that date until the end of hostilities, the RAF fought with great...
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...
A tribute to the bomber crews of the U.S. Eighth Air Force
The Memphis Belle wasn’t the first heavy bomber in the Eighth Air Force to complete 25 missions; that honour fell to Hot Stuff , a Consolidated B-24 Liberator with the 93rd Bomb Group who completed her 25th mission on 7 February 1943. And the Memphis...
Depicted is Erich Rudorffer when, as commanding officer of II/JG54, battles in his Fw190 over the war-torn, bitterly cold landscape of the Caucasus in late 1943.
Considered by many to be the Luftwaffe’s most versatile fighter ace of WWII, Erich Rudorffer served on every major front, flew all the classic German fighters and was renowned for his ability to shoot down...
A Messerschmitt Bf109 pilot has no choice but to bale out of his stricken fighter following an encounter with Squadron Leader John Plagis of 126 Squadron in his Spitfire Mk.IX, August 1944.
The air superiority held by the Allies over the Channel and northern France during D-Day and the invasion of France was overwhelming. No longer did the Luftwaffe reign supreme as they...
In a dramatic attempt to stem the tide of U.S. Eighth Air Force heavy bombers, a lone Fw190A-8 makes a daring but unsuccessful pass through a formation of B-17Gs from the 91st Bomb Group.
From the creation of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in 1942 until victory over Nazi Germany in May 1945 the heroics of its airmen are legendary. Eventually becoming the largest air group of the...
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...
