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Lt. Joseph A. Peterburs, a pilot with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group climbs away from Kings Cliffe in his P-51D ‘Josephine’.
The fighter pilots of the Eighth Air Force came from all parts of the United States. They’d crossed three thousand miles of ocean to find themselves in Britain where the weather was often wet but at least the language...
In late 1944, responding to relentless Soviet offensives, the very best of the Luftwaffe heads towards the Front in the long and bitter struggle to defend the homeland. The Messerschmitt Me 109Gs of JG52, including those of the greatest aces of all time, Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn, share the sky with the most highly decorated soldier of the Third Reich, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, in his...
Geschwaderkommodore, Major Adolf Galland leads Me109Es of I/JG26 from Audembert airfield on an evening mission to the Thames Estuary as the Battle of Britain moves towards its climax, September 1940. Below, the 2nd Staffel begin to taxi their Me109Es to take-off positions and will soon join the rest of JG26. Building like thunder clouds over the Channel, their approach will be plotted by...
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 multiple...
In late 1944, responding to relentless Soviet offensives, the very best of the Luftwaffe heads towards the Front in the long and bitter struggle to defend the homeland. The Messerschmitt Me 109Gs of JG52, including those of the greatest aces of all time, Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn, share the sky with the most highly decorated soldier of the Third Reich, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, in his...
On July 20th it was the turn of the 91st Bomb Group to attack an airfield near Leipzig, suspected of harboring the new menace - the Luftwaffe's revolutionary Messerschmitt Me262 jet. As the formation spread out for the bomb run, the 401st squadron took the low position - the most vulnerable to fighter attack.
Just as the crew of The Peacemaker steadied the ship to sight the target,...
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...
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...
Colonel ‘Hub’ Zemke and a flight of P-47s from his ‘Wolfpack’, the 56th Fighter Group, are engaged by the Bf109s of Major Günther Rall’s II./JG11 high above northern Germany, 12 May 1944.
It was rare that famous Aces met face-to-face in combat but on 12 May 1944 it happened high over northern Germany. It wasn’t often that...
A historic Book & Print Portfolio remembering a unique act of bravery during the Battle of Britain – the first time we've ever seen a published edition featuring an original James Nicolson signature!
After a determined display of courage for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross, Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson finally exits his burning 249 Squadron...
