Stabsschwarm by David Pentland. (AP) PER285

Stabsschwarm by David Pentland. (AP) PER285DP0168AP. Stabsschwarm by David Pentland. Etaples, Northern France, 13th October 1941. Me109F 4s of Stabsschwarm JG2, flown by Geschwaderkommodore Major Walter Oesau, Oberleutnant Erich Leie, Oberleutnant Rudolf Rudi Pflanz, and Gefreiter Gunther Hupatz Seeger. Each was a notable ace in his own right but together they were a formidable combination. On this sortie alone they accounted for 5 RAF Spitfires. Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer (deceased).

Godwin von Brumowski was to end the war credited with 35 air victories (including 12 shared)

well above the average lifespan for a U-boat during this period

30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879

Late on that day

Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron

A Fear of the Knight by Ivan Berryman

Born in 1919

with 3 signatures

Boyington had the experience - he had become an Ace flying with Chennaults Flying Tigers in China - and the rank to lead a squadron

USS Baltimore and Saratoga make up part of the formidable Task Force 58

He reportedly landed near his second victim

after a lengthy battle with the infamous Red Baron