The Frozen North, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. (B) SIG2148 Added to this Edward Johnson

Added to this Edward Johnson the bomb aimer recalled that the spinning bomb had an alarming gyroscopic effect on the handling of the aircraft

Robert Femoyer

112 Squadron were in constant combat with Edu Neumanns fighters as they jousted for air supremacy above Rommels advancing Afrika Korps tanks

But there were four and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won -from the English Channel Front to the North African desert

In March he was awarded a bar to the DFC promoted to Squadron Leader and given command of 33 squadron equipped with Hawker Hurricanes Mk I

The Frozen North, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. (B) SIG2148 Added to this Edward JohnsonDP0140B. The Frozen North, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. Walter Schuck and fellow pilot of JG5 Eismeer in front of a Me109F covered in tarpaulins as some protection against the weather in this most isolated and inhospitable theatre of the war. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945, and in that time claimed 198 victories. Signed by Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer and supplied with the original signatures of :