Tribute to Squadron Leader Derek Ward by Ivan Berryman. PER118B0435. Tribute to Squadron Leader Derek Ward by Ivan Berryman. The early months of 1942 saw Sqn Ldr Derek Ward flying several sorties a day, many of them at night with 73 Sqn in the skies above Egypt. He claimed a Heinkel 111 destroyed on 9th February and a Bf. 109 just a few days later. Then, on the night of 1st May, Ward spotted a Focke Wulf Fw. 200 Condor heading out to sea. Alone, he pursued the German four engined bomber in his Hurricane and shot
Savoia-Marchetti SM
7th Company
Adolf Galland claimed his 16th victory on the afternoon of 25th July 1940 when Spitfires of 54 Sqn were bounced by Messerschmitt Bf
On the south bank
They managed to intercept the intruder over Valetta
he was shot down - again crash-landing
Le Drapeau by Edouard Detaille
Signed limited edition of 20 artist proofs
the all red Triplane coming under intense fire from the ground as well as from Browns aircraft
He is depicted here in his Yak-3 of 157 IAP late in the war - the aircraft sports in Russian the inscription 'Red October Collective Farm'
The final defeat of Germany and the end of Nazi tyranny was almost within sight but in the skies over Germany the defiant remnants of the Luftwaffe fought on with savage determination
Caught in the blast from its own bomb