de en es fr nl pl pt sv zh

battle of britain

Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay

Gary

I learnt two things making this image: a deadly encounter between German and British fighter aircraft in late 1940; and the unusual cockpit canopy jettison mechanism on the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

books history aviation world war two cockpit jettison franz fiby jagdgeschwader 2 aerial combat air combat arthur watson kommodore major helmut wick 152 squadron john dundas fighter ace poole bay 28 november 1940 eric leie bailing out paul baillon aviation art aviation prints flying richthofen gun camera footage messerschmitt bf109 battle of britain helmut wick rudolf pflanz 152 (hyderabad) squadron baling out zygmunt klein jg2 609 squadron

Topsy turvy new Flight Artworks picture published

Gary

It is always a bit of a strange feeling when pictures that you finished some months previously under embargo are finally published.

photography history aviation world war two isle of man shipping thames approaches undercarriage problem new zealand pilot battle of britain memorial flight um-g raf memorial flight spiftire squadron leader clive rowley mbe north foreland al deere air display kiwi roundel undercarriage jammed fighter ace 152 squadron seac current affairs kent coast raf fighter command aviation art aviation prints summer of 1940 spitfire xiv fighter pilot warbirds flying leaping panther gear stuck battle of britain raf pilot supermarine spitfire mk 1a supermarine spitfire pr mk xix convoy spitfire nz pilot spitfire inverted luftwaffe raid kiwi iii ronaldsway airport