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A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland.(P) Wing Commander Roland Beamont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted and downed his first V1 Buzzbomb on the night of June 22nd, 1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bombs, 8 enemy aircraft and 35 locomotives destroyed plus one minesweeper sunk. |
Desert Gazelle by David Pentland. (P) Gazelle of Army Air Corps 661 Squadron on a reconnaissance mission for British 7th Armoured Division during Operation Desert Storm. |
Heinkel / Dornier 535b by David Pentland. (P) Projected nightfighter development of the Do 335 with DB603 LA Piston and He SO11A jet engines. |
The Second Wave, Greece, 20th May 1941 by David Pentland. (P) Following the initial parachute drops at Maleme (West) and Canea (Middle) Group East, comprising of Fallschirmjager Regiment 1 and 2nd battalion FJR2, prepared for their descent on Crete. Charged with the capture of Heraklion and its aerodrome, their departure was postponed until late afternoon due to the repairs and refuelling needed for the returning Junker 52 transports. |
Cold War Warrior by David Pentland. (P) Mig21MF, East German Airforce. Such aircraft were the mainstay of the Warsaw Pact forces from the 1960s through to the 1980s. |
Extraction - Afghanistan 2011 by David Pentland. (P) An SAS team is picked up by a U.S. Army Special Forces Blackhawk helicopter after a successful operation against the Taliban. |
Opening Gambit, Poland, 2nd September 1939 by David Pentland. (P) Porucznik Stanislaw Skalski of 142nd Eskrada, flying a Polish airforce PZL P-11c, downs a Messerschmitt 110 during the first days of WWII. Although officially credited as a Dornier bomber, it is now believed that the aircraft was an Me110 from 1/ZG1. The discrepancy is attributed to the fact that the reported aircraft used nose mounted cannons unlike the Dornier, and up until then the 110 was a well kept secret. |
Boeing 737 by David Pentland. (P) British Midlands 737 (300 series) en route from London to Belfast. 1993. |
Mission to Yokohama, Japan, June 1944 by David Pentland. (P) Boeing B29 Superfortresses of the USAAF 40th Bomb Group come under attack from a Kawasaki Ki64 Hein (Tony) of the Japanese Army Airforces 244th Sentai. |
Skirmish Over Stalluponen by David Pentland. (P) Yakolev Yak-3s of the Normandie Nedimen Regiment,, flown by French aces Marcel Albert in the foreground and Maurice Amarger down a Focke Wulf 190 over Stalluponen. |
Dornier 435 by David Pentland. (P) Projected nightfighter development of the Do335 with Jumo 222 engines and long span wings. |
Can Openers by David Pentland. (P) Two Hawker Hurricane Mk.IID tank busters of No.6 Shiny Six Squadron about to attack retreating axis mechanised units, November 1942 at El Alamein. |
Dawn Descent by David Pentland. (P) A C130 Hercules MK1 from RAF Lynham Transport Wing, delivers a low level Brigade drop of Airbourne forces over Salisbury Plain. The C130 Hercules is the workhorse of the Royal Air Force Air Transport (AT) fleet and is based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, where it is operated by Nos 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons. The fleet totals 50 aircraft and is a mixture of C1/C3 aircraft and the new C-130J aircraft, designated C4/C5. |
Wessex Over the Copelands by David Pentland. (P) Westland Wessex of No.72 Squadron based at RAF Aldergrove, flying over the Copeland Islands in Belfast Lough. |
Red Stars Over Berlin by David Pentland. (P) On Stalins personal orders, Petlyako PE-8 bombers, led by the hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Mikhal V. Vodopyanov, carry out their only raid on the German capital of Berlin. |
Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland. (P) Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M. Kuttlewascher, No.1 Fighter Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On this mission he destroyed three Heinkel IIIs over their own airfield, St. Andre, in occupied France. |
Turning Point by David Pentland. (P) 6th August 1945, Col. Paul Tibbets puts his aircraft, Enola Gay, into a violent turn to evade the blast of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This marked a turning point in the war and history. |
Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland. (P) On 27th November 1950, thousands of Chinese troops swarmed over the frozen Yalu river on the North Korean /Chinese border, cutting off US Marines in the Chosin Reservoir area. Over the next ten days the marines with air support from both the Navy and Marine Air Wings fought their way out of the trap to Hungnam and safety. |
Lithuanica II by David Pentland. (P) Lockheed Vega flying from America to Lithuania on a second transatlantic attempt. |
Tanks on the Marne - France, 18th July 1918 by David Pentland. (P) Schneider CA1 Tanks of the French tenth army spearhead the successful counter offensive against the German army on the river Marne. Overhead a tenacious Junkers JI artillery spotter dogs their tracks. The Second Battle of the Marne, though not an overwhelming victory, spelt the end of German successes on the Western front, and a turning point for the allies. |
Doolittle Raider, Tokyo, April 18th 1942 by David Pentland. (P) Aircraft number 2247, flown by Lt McElroy, attacks the Yokosuka Yard near Tokyo. He was one of the 18 B25 Mitchell bombers which took part in the famous retaliatory raid on Japan. |
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