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Suez Drop, 5th November 1956 by David Pentland. (PC) RAF Hastings drop men of 3 PARA battalion on the Egyptian airfield of El Gamil as part of the Airborne element of Operation Musketeer, an Anglo-French plan to re-open the Suez Canal after its closure by Egyptian President Nasser. Carried to their target by 18 Valettas and 9 Hastings of RAF Transport Command, and supported by air strikes by Fleet Air Arm Sea Venoms and Seahawks they quickly succeeded in securing their objective. |
Extraction - Afghanistan 2011 by David Pentland. (PC) An SAS team is picked up by a U.S. Army Special Forces Blackhawk helicopter after a successful operation against the Taliban. |
Homeward Bound - Sopwith Camel by David Pentland. (PC) A Sopwith Camel of No.210 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1918. |
Opening Gambit, Poland, 2nd September 1939 by David Pentland. (PC) 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. |
Panther Pack, Korea, March 1953 by David Pentland (PC) Grumman panther F9F / 5s of Marine Squadron VM311 flown by Boston Redsox Baseball star Ted Williams and future Astronaut John Glenn take off from K3 Airbase Pohang, on a ground support mission. |
Evening Sortie by David Pentland (PC) Mitsibushi Ki51 Sonya light bombers, Hollandia, New Guinea 1943. A Shotai, (flight) of Ki-51 of 70 Dokuritsu Chutai (Independent Company), flying over the Nen river near their home base on Hollandia. |
Doolittle Raider, Tokyo, April 18th 1942 by David Pentland. (PC) 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. |
Behind the Lines, France 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) Fokker DVII of Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 35b, flown by Leutnant Rudolf Stark, the new Jasta Commander. |
Jasta 10, Northern France Early September 1917 by David Pentland. (PC) The Jasta was part of the Flying Circus, and one of the first units to receive and be fully equipped with the new Pfaltz DIII aircraft. In their capable hands this elegant aircraft proved an effective weapon. |
Balloon Buster, 25th January 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) German ace Lt. Fritz Roth of Jasta 23, flying an Albatross D.Va scores his first of three balloons in one days action. By the wars end he had accounted for 20 balloons and 8 Allied Aircraft. |
GONER 58A - Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. (PC) Avro Lancaster AJ-P of Flt. Lt. Martin 617 Squadron releases the bomb that successfully breaches the Mohne dam. In the foreground the electrical substation is burning from a previous attack by Flt.Lt. Hopgood. |
The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. (PC) Abandoned Me 109G-10, 3rd Staffel JG4. |
Dawn Descent by David Pentland (PC) 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. |
A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland (PC) Wing Commander Roland Beaumont 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. |
Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (PC) As the four P51D Mustangs of Major William T Haltons Yellow Flight, 487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch, they found themselves in the middle of a massive German attack. That New Years Day the Luftwaffe had launched hundreds of aircraft in low level raids against the allied airfields across Northern France and Belgium. The unexpected take-off by the 487th however, ended Jagdgeswader 11s chances of success, with Yellow Flight alone claiming 9 enemy aircraft destroyed. |
Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland (PC) 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. |
Tanks on the Marne - France, 18th July 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) 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. |
Alone in a Winter Sky - Fokker Triplane DR1 by David Pentland. (PC) Rittmeister Karl Bolle Commander Jasta 2 early 1918. |
Out of Alex by David Pentland. (PC) A swordfish from HMS Warspite on patrol off the coast of Egypt, near the port of Alexandria. |
Pattle's First Victory, 4th August 1940 by David Pentland. (PC) Gloster Gladiators flown by Flt. Lt. M.T. Pattle and Flying Officer Johnny Lancaster surprise a flight of Breda 65s from 59A Squadriglia over Bit Taob El Essem, North Africa. Pattle went on to be top Commonwealth Air Ace of all time. |
Return to Base by David Pentland (PC) Nakajima Ki-49 II Donyru (Helen) Heavy Bombers, Java, August 1945. An Air General Army HQ Section of Ki-49, returning to Kalidjadi airfield after their final sortie. |
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