First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) AIT208 Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey and

Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey and Lieutenant Hervey Rhodes

Attack on Plancenoit by Prussian Divisions of Hiller

The Flight Engineer pulled the slumped pilot off the controls and managed to pull the aircraft out of its dive at approximately 4000 feet

the nose of the manned torpedo was detached and suspended on a steel cable strung between the clamps

First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) AIT208 Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey andDHM2057C. First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B 17 Flying Fortresses of the 100th B. G. are attacked. Screaming in head on, Fw190s of II. JG I charge into the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B 17 gunners are working overtime; the air is