Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman. (P) ART982 Scots Greys with Standards by

Scots Greys with Standards by Harry Payne

The flight to the Ruhr dams on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise was fraught with peril as each wave of three aircraft hugged the ground across Holland and into Germany to avoid detection

By the end of the night after several unsuccessful assaults the French army was reduced by a third and King John of Luxemburg was dead

By the end of the war he was credited with 301 victories in 1104 missions

Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman. (P) ART982 Scots Greys with Standards byB0555P. Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman. May 21,1943. Steve Pisanos flying P 47 QP D in White Section, on an escort mission to Ghent, shoots down an FW 190 near Belgium. Flying wing to Captain Andrews, Pisanos took over once Andrews temporarily spun out of control pursuing the 190, which Steve hastily finished off. Depicted is the moment before Steve breaks off for home and waiting for the pilot to bail out, which he did not at this point.