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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 2025.PDF
SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1941. mted War Artists—Eric Kennington Top left is A/C.I Stroud, of the Maintenance Section of No. 74 Squadron. Bottom left is Fit. Lt. R. A. B. Learoyd, an old Wellington boy, who won the V.C. for his part in bombing the Dortmund-Ems canal from 150ft. Bottom centre depicts a Heinkel III in flames. The title is " Both Engines Were Hit." The picture at the bottom right is called " Night Fighter " and shows a Hurricane pilot seated in the cockpit with his face illuminated by the soft glow of the cockpit lighting. The three portraits in the centre are—left to right—Wing Cdr. D. F. W. Atcherley, D.F.C. ; Wing Cdr. B. E. Embry, D.S.O. (2 Bars), A.F.C.—who was shot down over St. Omer during the Battle of France and escaped from a German prisoners of war camp—and Sqn. Ldr. John Cunningham, of No. 604 County of Middlesex Squadron A.A.F., who received the first D.F.C. to be awarded for night-fighting on the 9th of January this year and the D.S.O. three months later.
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