Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. SPC44 Only about 60% of the

Only about 60% of the cadets made it through the program

112 Squadron were in constant combat with Edu Neumanns fighters as they jousted for air supremacy above Rommels advancing Afrika Korps tanks

16th Lancers by Richard Simkin

Unteroffizier Fahnenjunker Walter Bogdan

Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. SPC44 Only about 60% of theDHM2028. Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting