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Avro Lancaster Mk III ND845 MG-C. by M A Kinnear.


Avro Lancaster Mk III ND845 MG-C. by M A Kinnear.

Aircraft History: ND845 was one of 600 Mk III Lancasters delivered to the RAF from December 1943 to May 1944 by A V Roe (Chadderton) Delivered to No.7 Squadron, it was lost on the night of 19th/20th May 1944, whilst acting as Master Bomber on a raid against the railway marshalling yards at Le Mans. It is believed it was in collision with another No.7 Squadron Lancaster JB653 (MG - R) piloted by Squadron Leader J M Dennis - the Deputy Master Bomber. There were no survivors from either crew.

Wing Commander James Fraser Barron, DSO, DFC, DFM: Born on 9th January 1921 in Dunedin, New Zealand, James Fraser Barron commenced training in the RNZAF on 2nd July 1940. Following his qualification as a Sergeant pilot, he arrived in the UK and was selected for bomber training and after leaving No.20 Operational Training Unit at RAF Lossiemouth - where Barron and his crew survived a ditching in a Wellington- they were posted to Short Stirling equipped No.15 Squadron at RAF Wyton, completing his first tour. Posted to No.1651 Conversion Unit, Waterbeach as an instructor he was commissioned as Pilot Officer in March 1942 and in May 1942 was awarded the DFM for his service with No.15 squadron. During this period he managed to take part in further sorties including the One Thousand Bomber Raids against Cologne, Essen and Bremen. In September 1942, Barron joined No.7 squadron, flying 16 sorties on this tour - during which he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant, followed in December 1942 by the award of his Path Finder Force badge. At the end of his tour in February 1943, he was awarded the DFC and a fortnight later his first DSO. He was then posted to No.11 OTU, Wescott. Tiring of the training environment, Fraser Barron eventually persuaded Hamish Mahaddie (at one time his flight commander) to approve his return to operations - an approval regretted by Hamish. Fraser rejoined the now Lancaster equipped No.7 Squadron in December 1943, which was for Bomber Command a period of heavy losses. Fraser took part in several sorties including on the night of 19th/20th February 1944, the Leipzig raid - during which the RAF lost 78 bombers. He was promoted to Wing Commander in February 1944 and on 28th April was appointed C.O. of No.7 Squadron. Fraser and his crew were now often used as Master Bomber to control bomber attacks and for one such attack on Nantes on 7th May 1944 he was awarded the bar to his DSO. On the night of 19th/20th May 1944, whilst on his third tour - his 79th sortie in all, Fraser Barron and his crew were lost during a raid against the railway marshalling yards at Le Mans. He was twenty three years old.
Item Code : AP0018Avro Lancaster Mk III ND845 MG-C. by M A Kinnear. - This EditionAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout! Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price!
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No.7 Squadron was formed 1st May 1914 at Farnborough as a Scout squadron, and went to France April 1915, equipped with the Vickers Gunbus. No.7 squadron saw service through the war with BE2c, RE5 and RE8 aircraft. The squadron pioneered the use of R/T (instead of normal W/T), using it operationally for the first time in October 1918. Disbanded at Farnborough on 31st December 1919 it reformed at Bircham Newton on 1st June 1923 equipped with Vickers Vimy bombers. These were replaced by the Vickers Virginia after moving to Worthy Down in April 1927. Between the wars No.7 squadron was equipped with various aircraft including the Handley Page Heyfords, Vickers Wellesleys and Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys and became the leading bomber squadron, winning the Laurence Minot Memorial Bombing Trophy more than any other squadron. At the outbreak of World War II, the squadron was equipped with Handley Page Hampdens, until August 1940, when it equipped with the RAFs first four engined bomber, the Short Stirling Mk I - becoming the first RAF squadron to be equipped with four engined bombers. The first raid by No.7 was 10th February 1941 on Rotterdam. The squadron settled down to a night bombing role, adding mine laying to its duties in 1942. Later with four other squadrons, it formed the nucleus of the new Pathfinder Force, its task to find and accurately mark targets with flares. In May 1943, the Stirling (which was handicapped by a low operational ceiling - it had to fly through flak rather than over it) was gradually replaced by the Avro Lancaster, which No.7 used in Peenemunde in August. From June1944 and until the end of the war, the squadron also undertook a daylight operational role in support of land forces in France and the low countries, and against V-1 and V-2 sites. No.7 squadron flew to Singapore in January 1947, and converted to Avro Lincolns, seeing action against Communist terrorists in Malay, during Operation Firedog. Returning to UK, having won the Laurence Minot Memorial Bombing Trophy outright for the eighth time it was disbanded 1st January 1956. Reforming in November of the same year with the Vickers Valiant V bomber. Disbanded on 30th September 1962, it was reformed in May 1970 at RAF St. Mawgan on target provision duties. Equipped with the English Electric Canberra, the squadron provided targets for the Army and Navy anti aircraft guns. They also provided silent targets for radar station practice. On 12th December 1981 the squadron was again disbanded, reforming soon after as the second operational Boeing Vertol Chinook helicopter Squadron on 2nd September 1982.

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Aircraft History: R9257 was one of a batch of 150 Mk I Stirlings delivered to the RAF by Short Brothers between January 1942 and January 1943. Initially with Telecommunications Flying Unit, R9257 went to No.7 Squadron, where it eventually became the personal aircraft of Hamish Mahaddie and his crew from 8th February 1943 until he completed his operational tour with the PFF (Path Finder Force) at the end of March 1943. The aircraft then went on to No.1657 Heavy Conversion Unit at Stradishall, before being sent to No.214 Squadron. On 12th August 1943, whilst leaving RAF Chedburgh for a raid against Turin, R9257 swung on take off and the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft was categorised as damaged beyond repair (DBR). R9257 replaced Hamish and his crews earlier Stirling MK I, R9273 also MG- C which had been attacked six days earlier by a Ju88 nightfighter. After evading the attack, they managed to bring the aircraft home. Next morning, Hamish counted 174 cannon shell holes in the aircraft - which he named C for Colander. <br><br>Group Captain Thomas G Hamish Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFC, CzMC: Born in Keith, Edinburgh on 19th March 1911, he joined the RAF as part of the 17th Entry at Halton in January 1928 and trained as a metal rigger, after which he was posted to Cranwell on ground servicing duties. In 1933 he boarded a troopship bound for the Middle East where he joined No.4 FTS at Abu Suier for pilot training. Gaining his wings in 1935, his first air crew posting was to No.55 Squadron at Hinaidi flying Westland Wapitis and on his return to England in 1937, he joined No.77 Squadron flying Whitleys from Driffield. During World War II he completed a tour of operations with No.77 Squadron before moving to Kinloss to instruct with No.14 OTU. On completing another tour, this time with No.7 Squadron (which he joined on 2nd August 1942) at Oakington on Stirlings, he joined HQ Staff of No.8 (Pathfinder) Group and Group Captain Mahaddie finished the war as Station Commander at RAF Warboys, home of PFF Navigation Training Unit. In June 1945 he was appointed to command No.111 Wing in Germany followed by a spell at the Staff College, Haifa in 1947. His postwar duties also included two tours of duty at the Air Ministry, as OC Flying Wing at Binbrook, and also as Station Commander at Sylt and Butzweilerhof in Germany. He finally retired from the RAF in March 1958 and became involved with the film industry as an aviation consultant working on many films including the Battle of Britain - for which he amassed an incredible number of Spitfires, Hurricanes, Messerschmitts and Heinkels. Thomas Hamish Mahaddie passed away on 16th January 1997.

Short Stirling MkI R9257 MG - C. by M A Kinnear.
£14.00 		During the night of May 16/17, 1943, 19 Lancasters of the newly formed 617 Squadron carried out daring raids against four dams in the Ruhr. The Primary target was the Mohne dam. Here we see Flt Lt Maltby and crew in AJ-J flying clear of the Mohne before their Upkeep mine exploded against and breached the dam. Operation Chastise became a legend in the annals of the RAF and military history.
Operation Chastise - The Dambusters by Philip West. (C)
£95.00 		In one of the finest portrayals of the Avro Lancaster, Moonlight Run depicts the aircraft of Fl. Lt. Mickey Martin (ED909 AJ-P) at the moment of release of the Wallace Bomb during the Dams raid on the Ruhr in 1943. With only the gentlest of moonlight rippling over the dark water of the Mohne, this dramatic picture plays homage to the impossible low altitudes and high speeds that were necessary to complete successfully their heroic mission. A stark and refreshing treatment of a subject at the hearts of all aviation historians.

Moonlight Run (Dambusters) by Ivan Berryman.
£70.00 		On the night of 12th September 1944, Lancaster NF958 (LS-M) of No.15 Sqn was lost in the skies above Mannheim when it was attacked by the Messerschmitt Bf.110G-2 of Ofw Ludwig Schmidt of II/NGJ 6, the bomber receiving hits to the bomb bay which ignited the incendiaries still in their racks. Five of the crew bailed out and were taken prisoner of war once captured. The pilot, F/O Norman Overend RNZAF, did not escape the aircraft. Flt Sgt Harry A Beverton was seen to leave the stricken Lancaster but was not seen again.<br><br><b>Crew of <i>Lancaster LS-M</i> :</b><br><br>F/O Norman Overend RNZAF<br>Sgt Barry J Howarth <i>(survived)</i><br>Sgt George B Thomson <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt John D Jones <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt Robert P E Kendall <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt Harry A Beverton<br>Sgt I Spagatner <i>(survived)</i>.

Incident over Mannheim by Ivan Berryman.
£45.00

The Aircraft :
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LancasterThe Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

This Week's Half Price Art

Albatros DV piloted by Austro-Hungarian Ace Lt. Josef Kiss, Austrian Alps in December 1917.

Christmas Kiss - Albatros DV by David Pentland.
Half Price! - £24.00 		The dramatic scene depicts an aerial dog-fight between Sopwith Camels and SE5A fighters of the Royal Flying Corps, and the bright red planes of Baron von Richthofens JG1 fighter wing. High over Northern France, the highly manoeuvrable fighters wheel and turn in the cauldron of close aerial combat, the artist bringing alive that evocative era when aerial combat first began.

Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian (Y)
Half Price! - £90.00 		The B-17 Flying Fortress 'Memphis Belle' returns from one of her 25 mission over France and Germany. Memphis Belle, a B-17F-10-BO, USAAF Serial No.41-24485, was supplied to the USAAF on July 15th 1942, and delivered to the 91st Bomb Group in September 1942 at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. Memphis Belle deployed to Scotland at Prestwick on September 30th 1942 and went to RAF Kimbolton on October 1st, and then to her permanent base at Bassingbourn on October 14th.1942. Memphis Belle was the first United States Army Air Force heavy bomber to complete 25 combat missions with her crew intact. The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to promote and sell war bonds. The Memphis Belle B-17 is undergoing extensive restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

Coming Home by Tim Fisher (AP)
Half Price! - £70.00 		Spitfires of No.41 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. The lead aircraft is EB-J, flown by Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown.

41 Squadron Spitfires by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £290.00

As the sun slowly begins to rise this wintry morning over Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, ground crew prepare B-17G The All American Girl in an almost surreal setting, for her 99th dangerous mission over enemy territory. On 10th January 1945, 19-year-old pilot, 1st Lt. John Dodrill and his crew went missing on a combat sortie to Cologne. Like many other crews, they made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom, with the Bloody Hundredth Bombardment Group playing its full part with courage and honour.

Those Golden Moments by Philip West. (Y)
Half Price! - £70.00 		A pair of De Havilland Mosquito NF. MkII night fighters of 23 Squadron, based at Bradwell Bay, Essex in 1942.

Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
Half Price! - £52.50 		Whilst flying with other Hawker Tempests of 274 Sqn on 11th February 1945, Sqn Ldr David Fairbanks spotted a lone Arado Ar234 of the Kommando Sperling 1 (F) / 123 flown by Hauptmann Hans Felde returning to its base at Rheine. A desperate chase commenced through the cloudbase until the German jet prepared to land, whereupon Fairbanks sent 4U+DH down in flames after a single short burst of his four 20mm cannon.

Tribute to Sqn Ldr David Fairbanks by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £1000.00 		Lieutenant Robert C Wattenburger shows off the unique lines of the Vought F.4U Corsair 124723 (NP-8) of VC-3 during a low-level fly-by of USS Valley Forge in May, 1952.

Valley Forge Fly-By by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £600.00

Aviation History Timeline : 18th May
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18May1938Uffz. Kurt Rochel of J/88 shot down a Rata
18May1938Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld of J/88 shot down a Rata
18May1938Uffz. Bernhard Seufert of J/88 shot down a Rata
18May1938Hptm. Gotthard Handrick of J/88 shot down a Rata
18May1940Ofw. Michael Hauer of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Hans Philipp of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Roloff von Aspern of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Uffz. Otto Tschabuschnigg of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Günther Rall of JG 52 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Oblt. Dietrich Hrabak of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Lothar Ehrlich of JG 52 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Uffz. Hans Schätzel of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Anton Stangl of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Uffz. Hermann Neuhoff of JG 53 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Fw. Hans Galubinski of JG 53 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Hptm. Georg Mayer of JG 51 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ltn. Anton Stangl of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940 n.n. of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Otto Decker of JG 52 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940 n.n. of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Uffz. Heinrich Sauerwein of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 n.n. of ZG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Uffz. Heinrich Sauerwein of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Ofw. Franz Götz of JG 53 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Herbert Peters of ZG 76 shot down a Morane
18May1940Oblt. Wilhelm Hobein of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Fw. Wilhelm Klöpping of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Fw. Siegfried Göbel of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Ltn. Karl Helmer of ZG 76 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Ofw. Adolf Walter of JG 52 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Obstlt. Richard Kraut of JG 76 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Ltn. Walter Schneider of JG 26 shot down a Curtiss
18May1940Fw. Willi Roth of JG 26 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Fw. Heinz Pohland of LG 2 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Uffz. Hans Ehlers of JG 3 shot down a Spitfire
18May1940Ltn. Helmut Reumschüssel of JG 3 shot down a Spitfire
18May1940Ltn. Ulrich Adrian of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Uffz. Hans Ehlers of JG 3 shot down a Spitfire
18May1940Hptm. Herwig Knüppel of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ltn. Otto-Heinrich Hilleke of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ltn. Eckardt Roch of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Oblt. Ludwig Roos of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Fw. Hermann Hoffmann of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Fw. Walter Meyer of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Oblt. Alfred Pomaska of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ltn. Wolfgang Kosse of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ltn. Peter Blohm of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Uffz. Eduard Wischnewski of JG 2 shot down a Lysander
18May1940Hptm. Karl Ebbinghausen of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Ofw. Johannes Schmid of JG 2 shot down a Lysander
18May1940Ofw. Adolf Buhl of LG 2 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940 Staffelabschuß of JGr. 186 shot down a Hudson
18May1940Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Ehrig of JG 77 shot down a Morane 406
18May1940Oblt. Edgar Rempel of JG 2 shot down a Lysander
18May1940Ltn. Viktor Bauer of JG 77 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Oblt. Carl-Hans Röders of JG 2 shot down a Potez 63
18May1940Ltn. Hans-Jürgen Hepe of JG 2 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Hptm. Alexander von Winterfeldt of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Uffz. Fritz Stritzel of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Uffz. Fritz Stritzel of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Ofw. Erwin Kley of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Ltn. Werner Grübel of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1940Fw. Karl-Heinz Harbauer of JG 2 shot down a Hurricane
18May1940Ofw. Franz Jaenisch of JG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1941Fw. Otto Niemeyer of JG 77 shot down a Hurricane
18May1941Oblt. Paul Semrau of NJG 2 shot down a Blenheim
18May1941Ofw. Franz Sander of ZG 26 shot down a Blenheim
18May1941Ltn. Kurt Loos of NJG 1 shot down a Whitley
18May1942Ltn. Günther Hannak of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Fw. Georg Ludwig of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Ltn. Günther Hannak of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Ofw. Herbert Kaiser of JG 77 shot down a U-2
18May1942Ltn. Günther Hannak of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Oblt. Werner Dörnbrack of Schl.G. 1 shot down a I-61
18May1942Ltn. Armin Köhler of JG 77 shot down a R-5
18May1942Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert of NJG 2 shot down a Stirling
18May1942Oblt. Elmar Resch of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
18May1942Hptm. Hans-Georg Schütze of NJG 2 shot down a Wellington
18May1942Ofw. Rudolf Ehrenberger of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
18May1942Ltn. Jürgen Harder of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
18May1942Uffz. Gerhard Beitz of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
18May1942Uffz. Werner Schumacher of JG 5 shot down a Hurricane
18May1942Uffz. Helmut Klante of JG 5 shot down a Hurricane
18May1942Uffz. Werner Schumacher of JG 5 shot down a Hurricane
18May1942Hptm. Günther Scholz of JG 5 shot down a Hurricane
18May1942Fw. Werner Teegler of JG 3 shot down a Il-2
18May1942Ltn. Armin Köhler of JG 77 shot down a R-5
18May1942Fw. Eduard Isken of JG 77 shot down a I-180
18May1942Oblt. Hans Kirchmeier of JG 5 shot down a P-40
18May1942Fw. Georg Ludwig of JG 77 shot down a LaGG-3
18May1942Ltn. Helmut Berger of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Oblt. Fritz Geißhardt of JG 77 shot down a R-10
18May1942Hptm. Heinz Bär of JG 77 shot down a LaGG-3
18May1942Oblt. Ludwig Theopold of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata
18May1942Hptm. Heinz Bär of JG 77 shot down a LaGG-3
18May1943Uffz. Georg Tewes of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Uffz. Friedrich Scheer of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Uffz. Gerhart Kilian of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Uffz. Günther Landt of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Oblt. Franz Schiehs of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Major Gustav-Siegfried Rödel of JG 27 shot down a B-17
18May1943Ltn. Karl Wunsch of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Hptm. Werner Schroer of JG 27 shot down a B-17
18May1943Ofw. Erich Schmidt of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Hptm. Franz Götz of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Oblt. Hans Roehrig of JG 53 shot down a Lightning
18May1943Major Gustav-Siegfried Rödel of JG 27 shot down a P-38
18May1943Uffz. Werner Höhenberg of JG 52 shot down a Il-2
18May1943Uffz. Karl-Heinz Meltzer of JG 52 shot down a LaGG
18May1943Uffz. Werner Prinz of JG 51 shot down a Il-2
18May1943Uffz. Waldemar Eyrich of JG 3 shot down a Il-2
18May1943Uffz. Georg Schanz of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Ltn. Melchior Kestel of JG 26 shot down a P-47
18May1943Ltn. Koch of JG 51 shot down a R-5
18May1943Ltn. Karl von Lieres u. Wilkau of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Uffz. Werner Döring of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Uffz. Heinrich Wiese of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Ltn. Karl Wunsch of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1943Hptm. Wilhelm-F. Steinmann of JG 27 shot down a Typhoon
18May1944Uffz. Helmut Rosenberg of JG 77 shot down a P-38
18May1944Uffz. Hans-W. Maximow of JG 77 shot down a B-17
18May1944Hptm. Helmut Gödert of JG 77 shot down a P-38
18May1944Fhj.Ofw. Heinrich Hackler of JG 77 shot down a B-17
18May1944Ofw. Johann Pichler of JG 77 shot down a B-17
18May1944Uffz. Helmut Beck of JG 53 shot down a B-17
18May1944Ltn. Franz Trowal of JG 77 shot down a P-38
18May1944Fw. Hans-Günther Kass of JG 51 shot down a B-24
18May1944Ltn. Siegfried Pflitsch of JG 51 shot down a B-24
18May1944Uffz. Peter Bremer of JG 301 shot down a B-17
18May1944Uffz. Friedrich Scheer of JG 53 shot down a B-24
18May1944Ltn. Manfred Eberwein of JG 52 shot down a B-17
18May1944Uffz. Klaus Ambelung of JG 77 shot down a B-24
18May1944Uffz. Karl-Heinz Böttner of JG 77 shot down a B-24 HSS
18May1944Uffz. Paul Taube of JG 77 shot down a B-24
18May1944Uffz. Herbert Büttner of JG 77 shot down a B-17
18May1944Fw. Schwarz of SG 10 shot down a Il-2
18May1944Oblt. Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Ofw. Gerhard Reinhold of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Uffz. Klaus-Dieter Bogisch of SG 10 shot down a Il-5
18May1944Oblt. Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Oblt. Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Fw. Heinz Marquardt of JG 51 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Uffz. Helmut Wester of JG 52 shot down a LaGG
18May1944Ltn. Rupert Weninger of JG 53 shot down a B-17
18May1944Ltn. Walter Wolfrum of JG 52 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Oblt. Erich Thomas of JG 53 shot down a B-17
18May1944Ltn. Franz Trowal of JG 77 shot down a B-17
18May1944Ltn. Hans-Joachim Weber of JG 301 shot down a B-17
18May1944Hptm. Walter Hoeckner of JG 4 shot down a P-40
18May1944Ofw. Gerhard Reinhold of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1944Ltn. Manfred Eberwein of JG 52 shot down a B-17
18May1944Uffz. Erhardt Mecke of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
18May1973Dieudonn Costes, a WW1 Ace with 8.00 victories, died on this day

RECENT UPDATES TO OUR AVIATION HISTORY DATABASES
Unteroffizier Anton Hunhold added to aircrew database :
Injured on 24th February 1942 when his Me109E-4/B 0005580 Yellow 25 of JGr Losigkeit was damaged in a forced landing on or near Lake Ballviksjoen in Sweden.
JGr Ost added to the squadrons database.
JGr101 added to the squadrons database.
414th Bomb Squadron added to the squadrons database.
Me109 Mk.E 0004958 of Jagdschule 3 added to the airframes database.
Updates made to Airframes database for : Hurricane N2480 : Airframe notes updated (added 15-10-1940 : Hurricane flown by Pilot Officer P.S.Gunning was shot down by a Me109 whilst on patrol over Thames Estuary.)
Updates made to Airframes database for : Hurricane P3615 :
Updates made to Aircrew database for : Pilot Officer Franck Weber : Airframes updated (added Hurricane V7592)
New victory claim added : Me109 (Probable victory.) claimed on 11th November 1940 by Robert Innes of No.253 Sqn RAF
Updates made to Aircrew database for : Pilot Officer N. D. Edmond :
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