Struggle for Sainte Mere Eglise by David Pentland. (B) SIG1338DP0216B. Struggle for Sainte Mere Eglise by David Pentland. Normandy, 6th June 1944. At 04. 30hrs, Lt. Col. Krause led the men of 3 505th PIR to take the town of Ste. Mere Eglise. For the rest of the day the 82nd Airborne troops fought off successive German attempts to retake the strategic town. Supplied with the original signatures of : Corporal Herb Jr Suerth, Colonel Ed Shames, Sergeant Amos Buck Taylor and Sergeant Paul Rogers. Signature edition
received the Medal of the Order of Australia for his outstanding service to the Commonwealth
paying tribute to one of the US Marine Corps most famous fighter squadrons
the Japanese had landed on the coast of Malaya
Image size 32 inches x 17 inches (81cm x 43cm)
Supplied with the original signature of :
5 inches (59cm x 37cm)
Flying a Curtis P-40 out of bases in Darwin and Port Moresby
Willing Workhorse by Ivan Berryman
Desert Cats by Michael Rondot
Captain Dean McCandless
His final tally of victories totalled a remarkable 57 before he was killed in a flying accident in 1918
Features the remarque of Squadron Leader Neville Duke