First Combat by David Pentland. (B) SIG1658 The role of the support

The role of the support brigade is to receive both troops and equipment into theatre and organise their onward movement

Rittm Manfred von Richthofen and his brother Ltn Lothar von Richthofen

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Lance Corporal Harry Hopkins

First Combat by David Pentland. (B) SIG1658 The role of the supportDP0169B. First Combat by David Pentland. Franco German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3. JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II 4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14