(6301) Mustangs over the D-Day beaches MPArt0024.jpg
RAF Mustang 1as on Gun Spotting duties on the morning of 6 June 1944
RAF Mustang 1as on Gun Spotting duties on the morning of 6 June 1944
(898) HMS Pallas 1891 Warship05390.jpg
HMS Pallas 1891
HMS Pallas 1891
(673) HMS Abbotsham 1957 transferred to Royal Malayan Navy and renamed Sir Johan Warship02241.jpg
HMS Abbotsham 1957 transferred to Royal Malayan Navy and renamed Sir Johan
HMS Abbotsham 1957 transferred to Royal Malayan Navy and renamed Sir Johan
(553) HMS Agamemnon 1909 Warship01314.jpg
HMS Agamemnon 1909
HMS Agamemnon 1909
(542) Photo of the Day PhotooftheDay3.jpg
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(524) JG3 Aces MPArt0057.jpg
Hauptmann Hans von Hahn, Gruppenkommandeur of I/JG3 shoots down a Spitfire over London on 15th September 1940, Battle of Britain Day.
Hauptmann Hans von Hahn, Gruppenkommandeur of I/JG3 shoots down a Spitfire over London on 15th September 1940, Battle of Britain Day.
(498) Dambusters - Training Sortie MPArt0019.jpg
Wing Commander Guy Gibson leads ‘Dinghy’ Young and Joe McCarthy of the newly formed 617 Squadron through the northern hills on a 5 hour cross-country training flight, 16th April 1943. Exactly one month later they would all be heading for Germany as part of Operation Chastise, the famous Dambuster Raid.
Wing Commander Guy Gibson leads ‘Dinghy’ Young and Joe McCarthy of the newly formed 617 Squadron through the northern hills on a 5 hour cross-country training flight, 16th April 1943. Exactly one month later they would all be heading for Germany as part of Operation Chastise, the famous Dambuster Raid.
(496) MS. 406 Aces MPArt0069.jpg
Sergent Kléber Doublet, flying his MS.406 n° 777 of GC III/1 2nd escadrille, shoots down his first of six kills during the Battle of France, a He 111 P of 3./KG 27 over Hazebrouck. For the record, Doublet identified his victim as a Ju 88. Doublet would eventually be killed during the bombing of Rozay-en-Brie airfield on 11 June 1940.
Sergent Kléber Doublet, flying his MS.406 n° 777 of GC III/1 2nd escadrille, shoots down his first of six kills during the Battle of France, a He 111 P of 3./KG 27 over Hazebrouck. For the record, Doublet identified his victim as a Ju 88. Doublet would eventually be killed during the bombing of Rozay-en-Brie airfield on 11 June 1940.
(494) Aces of Jagdstaffel 17 MPArt0054.jpg
Jasta 17 ace Julius Buckler manoeuvres his Albatros DIII onto the tail of a Nieuport 23 flown by Albin Jaussaud of Escadrille 75 on 12th May 1917.
Jasta 17 ace Julius Buckler manoeuvres his Albatros DIII onto the tail of a Nieuport 23 flown by Albin Jaussaud of Escadrille 75 on 12th May 1917.
(488) HK832 Fairchild 91 DSB8011.jpg
A rare photo of HK832 which was used for casualty evacuation and air sea rescue in the Middle East by various units. During its life, it sported several paint schemes, this one is believed to be overall black with red codes. The nose art shows a stork carrying a pilot in a dinghy and might have been filled in with colour later on, although the aircraft was lost in May 1943, probably not long after this photo was taken.
A rare photo of HK832 which was used for casualty evacuation and air sea rescue in the Middle East by various units. During its life, it sported several paint schemes, this one is believed to be overall black with red codes. The nose art shows a stork carrying a pilot in a dinghy and might have been filled in with colour later on, although the aircraft was lost in May 1943, probably not long after this photo was taken.
(476) Combat over Douai MPArt0071.jpg
On 1 June 1916 RFC Ace Albert Ball flew over to Douai aerodrome—base for Oblt Max Immelmann’s Kampfeinsitzer Kommando, among others—and spent the next half hour circling at 10,000 feet before two enemy planes, an Albatros two-seater and a Fokker, finally took off. The Albatros attacked first, but after Ball fired 10 rounds at it, its pilot dived away and returned to the aerodrome. At that point the Fokker got on Ball’s tail, closed the range and opened fire. The moment it did Ball, who had been waiting for that all along, whipped his Nieuport around and returned fire. The Fokker then turned away, dived and alit in a field two miles from the aerodrome. Ball was credited with it as ‘forced to land’, as his fourth victory.
On 1 June 1916 RFC Ace Albert Ball flew over to Douai aerodrome—base for Oblt Max Immelmann’s Kampfeinsitzer Kommando, among others—and spent the next half hour circling at 10,000 feet before two enemy planes, an Albatros two-seater and a Fokker, finally took off. The Albatros attacked first, but after Ball fired 10 rounds at it, its pilot dived away and returned to the aerodrome. At that point the Fokker got on Ball’s tail, closed the range and opened fire. The moment it did Ball, who had been waiting for that all along, whipped his Nieuport around and returned fire. The Fokker then turned away, dived and alit in a field two miles from the aerodrome. Ball was credited with it as ‘forced to land’, as his fourth victory.
(474) The Lucky Shot MPArt0070.jpg
Manfred von Richthofen is wounded in the head by a lucky shot from an FE2d on 6th July 1917. Although this combat has been painted many times before, the author of the Osprey book for which it was commissioned, Jim Miller, wanted me to do it again to show the crucial second Fe2d that must have fired the shot that hit MvR. Jim has worked out from the angle of the wound that MvR couldn’t have been hit by the Fee he was attacking or by an Albatros from behind, so this is the most likely scenario.
Manfred von Richthofen is wounded in the head by a lucky shot from an FE2d on 6th July 1917. Although this combat has been painted many times before, the author of the Osprey book for which it was commissioned, Jim Miller, wanted me to do it again to show the crucial second Fe2d that must have fired the shot that hit MvR. Jim has worked out from the angle of the wound that MvR couldn’t have been hit by the Fee he was attacking or by an Albatros from behind, so this is the most likely scenario.
(453) 78th Fighter Group Aces MPArt0072.jpg
Major Gene Roberts flying P-47C 'Spokane Chief' rolls inverted to lose some speed before pressing home an attack on an FW190, 30th July 1943. This was the first time that American fighters had taken on the Luftwaffe in strength over Germany on a daylight escort mission, using the large 200 gallon ferry tanks to increase their range.
Major Gene Roberts flying P-47C 'Spokane Chief' rolls inverted to lose some speed before pressing home an attack on an FW190, 30th July 1943. This was the first time that American fighters had taken on the Luftwaffe in strength over Germany on a daylight escort mission, using the large 200 gallon ferry tanks to increase their range.
(410) Rammed! MPArt0045.jpg
A KG53 Heinkel He111 is rammed by an Il-16, a not uncommon
occurrence during the winter of 1941/42.
A KG53 Heinkel He111 is rammed by an Il-16, a not uncommon occurrence during the winter of 1941/42.
