- Our job was to go after this shipping and sink it - recalled Wing Commader Colin Milson
Boyington led his Black Sheep pilots through two combat tours before being brought down himself and taken prisoner
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On most missions the Eighth Air Force aircrews had to contend with both
they then had to fly towards the target at precisely 60ft above the lake at the exact speed of 230mph
Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (D) BAT149 - Our job was toDHM1022D. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys