Bug Killer by Ivan Berryman. (B) SQN60B0516B. Bug Killer by Ivan Berryman. Equipped with the experimental Monica IIIE detection device, Hawker Tempest EJ535 was deployed to the Fighter Interception Unit at Newchurch for evaluation in July 1944. Originally developed as the AN APS 13, Monica had been intended as a rear looking device to warn crews of attacks from behind. Now modified to face forward, it became a valuable aid in the battle against Hitler's terror weapons, notably the V 1
USS North Carolina
Spitfires of 152 Squadron return to their base at Warmwell to refuel and rearm
120 Sqn was immediately pressed into this role from their initial base at Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland
Colonel Gerald Brown (deceased)
Luftflotte 2
DHM6790APB
spec changes
with Erwin Leykauf and Georg Schneider also claiming one each
A German machine gun team defend against the British 3rd Corps attack on the high ground north of the Somme
You can almost hear the Rolls-Royce RB211-524H engines accelerate to full power in this dramatic study by Michael
In the meantime the escorting fighters were amongst us when two of our fellows were badly shot up
Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman