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D-Day - The Airborne Assault by Robert Taylor
June 6, 1944: Douglas C-47 Dakotas of the 438th Troop Carrier Group towi CG-4 Waco gliders, closely escorted by P-51Bs of the 354 Fighter Group as they cross the Normandy beaches. Below, landing craft swarm ashore putting men and equipment on the beaches.
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This painting was published as a print in 1994 as a special Tribute Edition to the fighter pilot whose record in aerial combat is never likely to be equalled.
Top-scoring Luftwaffe ace Erich Hartmann is depicted in his Me109G-4 in the spring of 1943 during the Kuban battle in Southern Russia - the Army Group commanded by Field Marshal Kleist - after Russian Sturmoviks have made a determined attack on a Panzer division.
Luftwaffe Bf109s from JG-52 have beaten off...
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