B was an elegant single-seat fighter with a top speed of 153 km/h and a range of four hours flying time
the 767 effortlessly swallows the miles
Spitfire Ace Basil Gerald Stapme Stapleton achieved Ace status with 6 victories during the Battle of Britain in 1940
The thatched roof of the hospital was fired by Zulu spears wrapped in burning grass and even some of the sick and the dying were dragged from their beds and pressed into the desperate hand-to-hand fighting
yet still she fought bravely on
Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. SQN56 B was an elegant single-seatDHM1423. Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. Following the capture of Orel, the German High Command ordered General Heinz Guderians panzers to push on towards Mtsensk, Tuila and Moscow. Alarmed at the situation Stalin deployed Major General Leyushenko to halt this advance. the battle was finally joined when when the 4th Panzer Division crossed the Lisiza stream at Kamenewo, pushing back the dug in