the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA)
and in June 1942 American engineers
Signed by Generalleutnant Gunther Rall (deceased)
on 7th October 1940 he shot up an Me109 and followed it down to the sea
5 million nautical miles and carried 1
D-Day, Sword Beach, Normandy 1944 by David Pentland. (C) TEA32 the first all-metal monoplane builtDHM1311C. D Day, Sword Beach, Normandy 1944 by David Pentland. After suppressing the initial German defences, the Sherman Crab flail tank of Lance Sgt Johnson, 3 Troop C Squadron the 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, clears a path through a minefield to allow tanks of 27th Armoured Brigade, and men of 3rd Infantry Division to breakout from the beaches. Fire support from surviving Sherman DD (amphibious) tanks of 13th 18th Hussars (QMO), proved