The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes. (GL) SQN339 Douglas C-47s of the 439th

Douglas C-47s of the 439th Troop Carrier Group from Upottery

The aircraft was aggressively attacked by Luftwaffe fighters that tore the B-17 to shreds

By the end of the second day

One of Mother Russias greatest pilots was Ivan Kozhedub

The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes. (GL) SQN339 Douglas C-47s of the 439thSTK0126GL. The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes. Twenty four hours prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese fighters near the Gulf of Siam shot down a RAF Catalina flying boat. The RAF aircraft had stumbled across the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Fleet proceeding to Malaya with a powerful invasion force. With many of its carriers approaching Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion force was dependent on land based air cover. The Japanese