Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (B) REG97 Warrant Officer Jeff Hildreth

Warrant Officer Jeff Hildreth

Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk

Sepoy - 29th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Infantry or 2nd Belooch Regiment

Size 30 inches x 17 inches (76cm x 43cm)

Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (B) REG97 Warrant Officer Jeff HildrethDHM1570B. Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09. 20 a. m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. As the four P51D Mustangs of Major William T Haltons Yellow Flight, 487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch, they found themselves in the middle of a massive German attack. That New Years Day the Luftwaffe had launched hundreds of aircraft in low level raids against the allied airfields across Northern France and Belgium. The unexpected take off