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15 September 1940 Messerschmitt Bf109E-7 3 Staffel,1 (Schlacht) Gruppe Lehrgeschwader 2,Calais-Marck. “Red 2” was flown by Unteroffizer Klick of 3./LG 2 just before he was shot down during the raid on London. The Hurricane 238 squadron were in action over Kenley that day having been scrambled from Middle Wallop. Panting By Don Wilkie 1.5x1mtr

This is a painting I did two years ago. Its oil on canvas 650x420mm. NE148 (AA-H) of No. 75 Squadron which was flown by Noel Stokes, on the night of 29th of July 1944 on the way to bomb the Daimler-Benz and Bosch factories in Stuttgart, Germany. They were shot down by a night fighter. Stokes stayed with the stricken bomber and manouvre it in such a way as to save it from crashing onto a French village below.