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It was the crew’s first mission together; a raid on the Focke-Wulf fighter production factory in Bremen, but for rookie pilot Charlie Brown, on only his second combat mission, 20 December 1943 quickly turned into a nightmare. Flying with the 527th Bomb Squadron, his B-17 Ye Olde Pub was badly damaged over the target as intense, accurate flak took out one engine, damaged...
It was the crew’s first mission together; a raid on the Focke-Wulf fighter production factory in Bremen, but for rookie pilot Charlie Brown, on only his second combat mission, 20 December 1943 quickly turned into a nightmare. Flying with the 527th Bomb Squadron, his B-17 Ye Olde Pub was badly damaged over the target as intense, accurate flak took out one engine,...
Between 3 and 13 September 1944, the 55th Fighter Group flew eight arduous, highly successful, bomber escort missions to Germany for which the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation. Like those the group had flown before, and would fly again and again until the end of hostilities, each mission took them deep into enemy airspace, involved desperate...
With its distinctive frontal radiator scoop, the Typhoon became the benchmark of all ground attack aircraft to serve in WWII.
At the time of D-Day and during the Allied advance through Europe, the Typhoon became the backbone of the 2nd Tactical Air Force’s ground attack Wings. Deadly at low level, and fast, the Typhoon could outrun the Me109 and Fw190, and was robust enough to take...
The scene is a familiar one back in 1944. A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress, down on power and speed, has lost touch with the formation and is alone in a hostile sky - easy prey for the enemy fighter. With crew members injured and unable to bale out, the skipper has elected to stay with his ship in an effort to bring his crew home. All on board knew the drill: Once hit, damaged, slowed down and...
On 9 June 1943, three days before his 19th birthday, George H.W. Bush was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve to make him one of the youngest aviators in US Naval history. Posted to the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), a cruiser converted during construction into a small light carrier, George Bush flew his first combat mission in a raid over Wake Island on 23 May...
Some pieces are very special; they possess a magic ingredient that is almost beyond definition. It’s sometimes called the ‘it’ factor, an unknown formula that results in a touch of brilliance. Lancaster under Attack is one such piece, combining, as it does, a brilliant composition, an emotive story and some very special signatures.Night scenes are notoriously difficult to paint but here the...
Released on the 100th Anniversary of the RAF as a tribute to all those who flew the Spitfire!
When the Luftwaffe unleashed the Fw190, the unsuspecting Spitfire pilots of RAF Fighter Command were at serious disadvantage – but it wasn’t for long!
Under clear skies, a light breeze from the south-west blew across the...
With the threat from Hitler’s increasingly belligerent regime growing, minds within Britain’s Air Ministry had already identified potential targets should the unthinkable happen and war with Germany become a reality. The list included the great dams of western Germany, some of the largest in the world.
On 9 September 1939 Hitler’s armies invaded Poland and,...
This extraordinarily evocative piece depicts Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler in his Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 of JG27 alongside a badly damaged American B-17 Flying Fortress of the 379th BG.
The German fighter pilot saw the faces of the injured crewmen and decided to take a huge risk. Not only did he spare the damaged B-17, but he also escorted the wounded bomber out of Germany. If...
