Farewell to a Friend, Normandy, France 5th August 1944 by David Pentland. (B) SIG2257 This was the Austrians fourth

This was the Austrians fourth attempt to relieve their besieged garrison of Mantua

culminating with Operation Jericho

Once again they have flown out of their base at Abbeville in northern France to escort the massed bombers of the Luftwaffe against the RAFs fighter airfields of southern England

jagged pieces of flying metal and hot lead

Ulundi 4th July 1879 - Charge of the 17th Lancers by Jason Askew

Farewell to a Friend, Normandy, France 5th August 1944 by David Pentland. (B) SIG2257 This was the Austrians fourthDP0124B. Farewell to a Friend, Normandy, France 5th August 1944 by David Pentland. Kurt Knispel rescues his Commander Hans Fendsack after heavy attacks on the Tiger IIs of 1st Company, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 by allied fighter bombers. Despite being pulled to safety Oberfeldwebel Fendsack died later that night from his wounds. For 4 years they had been friends and comrades. Signed by Sturmann Karl Heinz Decker and supplied with the original