Captain Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor by Ivan Berryman. (GL) PER23DHM1764GL. Captain Andrew Beauchamp Proctor by Ivan Berryman. Standing just five feet two inches tall, Andrew Beauchamp Proctor had to have his SE5a specially modified to accommodate his small stature, but the diminutive South African was a giant in the air, claiming a total of 54 victories before the end of the war, many of them observation balloons which made him one of the top balloon busting aces of the RFC. But many aircraft fell to his guns,
He went on to become an engineer
The Red Baron
Napoleon in his Coronation Robes by Francois Gerard
As the German aircraft swooped in to rake the wreckage with machine gun fire
he joined the family brewery business and lived to the age of 78
Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman
In April 1918 he was involved in the dogfight in which Manfred von Richthofen - the infamous Red Baron - was shot down and killed
After taking the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
The injured Koch was replaced by SS-Panzerschutze Max Gaube
With 275 victories credited
The East Lancashire Regiment (30th and 59th foot) by Richard Simkin
27 'Nate' depicted here