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Kurt Brändle claimed a French M.S. 406 for his first victory on 10MAY40, and a further six RAF Spitfires on the Channel Front. However, the majority of his 180 victories would be over Soviet opponents. He achieved his 100th aerial victory on 23AUG42, earning the Oak Leaves.
In August 1943 II./JG 3 was transferred to the Western Front to oppose the ever-increasing American heavy bomber streams. On 03NOV43 Brändle was credited with a pair of P-47 Thunderbolts while attacking a formation of American B-17s. Later in the day his Gruppe was scrambled again, but Brändle was shot down and killed by Canadian Spitfires.
The model depicts the Bf 109G-6 of Gruppenkommandeur Kurt Brändle II /JG3, Schiphol, Netherlands, Oct 1943
Most of these photographs were taken during the first weeks of Operation Barbarossa, which saw the Soviet Air Force sustain losses on an unimaginable scale. On the first day the VVS lost over 2,000 aircraft, and by the end of the year that figure exceeded 21,000.
Hawker Hurricane Mk I of 760 Squadron, Naval Air Fighter School RNAS Yeovilton, Summer 1942.
Construction here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/arma-hobby-hawker-hurricane-mk-i-build-in-1-72-scale-part-i/
Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
By Robert Leckie, Narrated by Kevin Foley
Audiobook, 13 hours and 32 minutes
Published by Tantor Audio
Language: English
ASIN: B0054TPHRS
Author Robert Leckie is best known to readers of military history for his autobiographical account of his experiences as a Marine in the Pacific, “A Helmet for my Pillow”. This became one of the three primary sources for the HBO miniseries “The Pacific”. In this book, Leckie gives an overview of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
The Japanese ambition was to spread their naval and air power east of Rabaul into the Soloman Island chain in an attempt to isolate Australia. To this end they began constructing an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal. Eager to go on the offensive after the victory at Midway, Guadalcanal was selected as the objective for the first American amphibious assault of the Pacific War.
The result was a series of battles on land and sea which raged between August 1942 and February 1943. Guadalcanal was a meatgrinder. Neither side could commit an overwhelming force and both were forced to deploy limited numbers of reinforcements. The focus of many of the numerous actions was Henderson Field, the airstrip begun by the Japanese and captured by the Americans. Assaulted by land, shelled from the sea, and bombed from the air, its strength was frequently reduced but never eliminated. Marines were able to defend the perimeter of the airfield and inflict heavy losses on Japanese infantry, while the American and Japanese navies both suffered heavily in the numerous fleet actions offshore.
Leckie has an engaging writing style and demonstrates an expertise in providing a strategic overview of each of the actions while mixing in the personal anecdotes of the individual combatants with ease. He has a deep personal connection with the Guadalcanal Campaign, having served there through the worst of it himself. This is a great history, and well worth the time for anyone interested in the Pacific War. Highly recommended.
Photographed at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona by Don Gilman.
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Wolfgang Tonne scored his first victory over an RAF Blenheim during the Battle of France on 14MAY40, but was himself shot down later in the same day. He fought with I./JG 53 during the invasion of Russia. He was briefly transferred to the Mediterranean Theater, but returned to Russia where he continued to score steadily. By September 1942 his total stood at 101.
Transferred back to the Mediterranean as Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 53, Tonne added a further 21 victories to his total before being killed in a flying accident on 20APR43.
The model depicts Tonne’s “Yellow 7” at Bizerta, Tunisia in February 1943.
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