Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. SIG1143

Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. SIG1143DHM2711. Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. As Typhoon Mk1b fighter bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column explode with shattering detonations, the savagery of the attack demoralising the enemy into stunned oblivion. The Typhoons will hurtle back to base to re arm and

now with a clutch of air victories to his credit

HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve

Suddenly all hell broke loose

while her starboard guns rake one of the French frigates inshore

766/16 was among the most distinctively-painted aircraft of World War 1

Norbert Kujacinski Knights Cross signature series edition of 30 prints (Nos 11 to 40) from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints

some of the pilots were icily matter-of-fact about these missions: You could see the AAA from over twenty miles away but from five miles out at 200 feet you could steer a path through the lines of tracer to the target

signs of the recent action are still plainly visible as trucks and their exhausted drivers hasten back to the beach-head to collect reinforcements

signed by the artist only

and they did not disappoint

For the Germans the battle was a terrible shock

Smith obtained a total of seven night victories