The Patriots of 61 by Keith Rocco. SIG2711 Between July and October 1940

Between July and October 1940 the brave young pilots of RAF Fighter Command were under intense pressure from the constant attacks of the Luftwaffe and the Hawker Hurricane was the machine of the Battle of Britain

the grounded figures proved far less menacing to portray

The young aircrews of the Luftwaffe fought a brave but losing battle in defence of their homeland

Only an effective Union rearguard action prevented a replay of the First Manassas disaster

The Patriots of 61 by Keith Rocco. SIG2711 Between July and October 1940KR0003. The Patriots of 61 by Keith Rocco. For many Americans, the early months leading up to, and during, the first year of the Civil War, were months spent in a flurry of patriotic activities. Few have expressed these times better than H. E. Sterkx, In the beginning patriotism became the prevailing emotion of the day and it affected old and young alike with the determination to do something, almost anything to help. Some designed flags for the