First Combat by David Pentland. (AP) NRG767 the mighty Hood rolls majestically

the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow

The site of the airport is now occupied by Tesco and McDonalds

HMS Bulwark was reduced to training status during 1957

giving them a generally dilapidated appearance

17th October 1944 by David Pentland

First Combat by David Pentland. (AP) NRG767 the mighty Hood rolls majesticallyDP0169AP. First Combat by David Pentland. Franco German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3. JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II 4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14