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ENGLAND, 1940. "MESSERSCHMITT BF109 SHOT DOWN IN ENGLAND 1940" GERMAN AIRCRAFT (PILOT ROLF PINGELS) CAPTURED BY THE RAF. IT LATER FLEW WITH THE AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENT UNIT AS ES906. FOR JOURNAL ARTICLE ON THIS AEROPLANE, SEE AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGIST, V.3 NO. 12.
ENGLAND, 1940. "MESSERSCHMITT BF109 BACK ON ITS WHEELS." GERMAN AIRCRAFT (PILOT ROLF PINGELS) SHOT DOWN BY THE RAF. IT LATER FLEW WITH THE AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENT UNIT AS ES906. SEE P00150.025.
England. C. 1943-12. Portrait of an RAAF fighter pilot who fought a Messerschmitt Bf109 German aircraft unaware that more than half the rudder of his Spitfire aircraft had been shot away. Damaged as i
Western Desert, North Africa. 4 December 1941. An RAF flying officer with a bandaged right arm, returned from a battle over Libya in which he shot down an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero bombe
Sicily, Italy. 1943. Pilot Officer (PO) D. Minchin, No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, of Chatswood, NSW, stands beside his Kittyhawk aircraft with nose art depicting fly spray targetting two swastika
Italy. 12 July 1943. By shooting down six enemy aircraft during a morning patrol, No. 72 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF brought its total of enemy aircraft destroyed overseas to 100. While flying over the Vo
England. 1942-08-14. Returning from a raid on Germany an aircraft of RAF Bomber Command was attacked by an Messerschmitt Bf109. Although most of his instruments were shot away, the pilot, an Australia
