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German aviation art prints by Ivan Berryman, David
Pentland, Graeme Lothian
published by Cranston Fine Arts.
Jet Attack by David Pentland
Oberleutenant Schall's ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed
Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on
the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it
difficult to get off more than a few bursts of cannon fire before it
passed through the British formation. The episode was witnessed by
navigator Cecil McKee in the leading Lancaster QR/Y from 61 squadron on
his last raid of the war. Lt. Schall, an ace with 117 kills, and 2nd
highest jet ace of the war with 14 victories was killed the following
day when his aircraft hit a bomb crater on landing at his base of
Parchim.
The End by David Pentland
An abandoned Me262 shown in 1945 at the end of world war two. |