Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. (RM) NRG607 Collectors edition of 250 prints

Collectors edition of 250 prints

1914 by John Charlton The first battle of the Marne

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The ground based fighter pilots in Guadacanal were often referred to as The Cactus Air Force

Depicted here are the men of the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot as they scale the walls to capture the fort

Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. (RM) NRG607 Collectors edition of 250 printsNT0263RM. Rocket Attack by Nicolas Trudgian. It required more than a little nerve to fly a fighter into the barrage of fire sprayed out by the gunners of a box of B17 bombers; it took even greater courage to do so in the rocket propelled Me163 Komet. With rocket science still in its infancy, these small aircraft were still in the experimental stage, and piloting what amounted to a flying bomb was in itself a perilous business, let alone flying them