Out Of The Sun - LFG Roland C.II by Ivan Berryman. (B) BAT294 it was the cruelest of

it was the cruelest of ironies that Halifax III LK789 (MP-L) of 76 Sqn should fall victim to a lone German fighter that was lurking in the night skies above Norfolk

Erich Hartmann - Me109 Ace by Jason Askew

553rd Bomb Squadron are among the first aircraft to bomb the beaches in readiness for the Normandy landings on that momentous day

7th August 1944

Wilderness to Petersburg Campaign (numerous battles) May - July 1864

Out Of The Sun - LFG Roland C.II by Ivan Berryman. (B) BAT294 it was the cruelest ofDHM1788B. Out Of The Sun LFG Roland C. II by Ivan Berryman. One of the few rules of aerial combat that were established in the First World War was to attack, where possible, with the sun behind you, thus using the element of surprise both to appear as if from nowhere and to blind your opponent to minimise retaliation. Just such a tactic has been successfully employed here as a DH. 2 rakes the tail of Staffelfuhrer Hauptmann Rudolf Kleine's Jasta 3 LFG