First Combat by David Pentland. (P) AIC5DP0169P. First Combat by David Pentland. Franco German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3. JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II 4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14
One of the battles fought during the Hundred Years War
During the ensuing melee
With the allied forces closing in
Overall paper size 23
He toys with his whiskers
The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry (32nd and 46th Foot) by Richard Simkin
Size 13 inches x 9 inches (33cm x 23cm)
Squadron Commander Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth was reconnoitering
some railway marshalling yards near Cologne
The aircraft returned to base safely
Paper size 18 inches x 24 inches
The 2nd Queens Own Rifles (Canada) by H Bunnett