Maggiore Francesco Baracca - Spad S.VII by Ivan Berryman. (GL) CAT16DHM1576GL. Maggiore Francesco Baracca Spad S. VII by Ivan Berryman. Credited with an impressive 34 victories, Francesco Baracca was Italys highest scoring ace in WW1 and is shown here in his distinctive Spad S. VII which carried his personal emblem, the Prancing Horse, that paid homage to his cavalry days. Upon his death in this aircraft on 19th June 1918, Baraccas mother donated the emblem to Enzo Ferrari whose cars still carry this badge the world
remaining in a POW camp until 1946
Original pencil drawing by Graeme Lothian
as such it was relatively heavily armoured and was armed with a low velocity 37mm gun
Storming the Heights
This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was later scuttled at the harbour mouth
Scaling the Cliffs at Pointe du Hoc by Brian Palmer
8 Sqn's De Havilland Venoms found themselves in demand to attack enemy installations and aircraft on the ground from their base at Khormaksar in Aden
Helen was the wife of Rob Roy MacGregor
and supplied with the original signatures of :
35 entered service with the French army in 1935
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admirals Halsey and Sherman presiding
later serving in Korea flying RF-80 Shooting Stars and retiring in 1965