Leutnant Josef Jacobs by Ivan Berryman. (AP) CAM2DHM1584AP. Leutnant Josef Jacobs by Ivan Berryman. Germays greatest exponent of the Fokker Dr1 Triplane, Leutnant Josef Jacobs is depicted chatting with colleagues of Jasta 7 before a sortie in the spring of 1918. His black Triplane became well known to allied pilots, not least because of his formidable kill rate. By the end of the war, still aged just 24, Jacobs had claimed 48 enemy aircraft destroyed. The unusual practice of applying the black cross
The Longest July by Ivan Berryman
Size 50 inches x 30 inches (128cm x 76cm)
Way Ahead of its Time by Stan Stokes
A prominent aviator in the Battle of the Atlantic
the Red Baron
29th January 1944 by David Pentland
had made two unsuccessful attacks
Becker is depicted here claiming one of the many Spads that he shot down on his way to a final victory total of 23
had a beam of 118 feet
Patiently awaiting the coming onslaught in tightly packed schiltroms
was one of the USAAF pilots on this mission
With no hope of a safe landing