Towards The Home Fires by Robert Taylor Double Remarque The Me262's inflict damage to

The Me262's inflict damage to the B-17's with the gunners laying a wall of lead into the path of the Jets

After heavy losses the tactics were changed with close escort by initially P-47 Thunderbolts and P-38's Lightening

The RAF was looking for fighters to supplement their own production

Massive heavy daylight bomber raids continued

Jimmy Doolittle the commander of the allied air forces participating in D-Day

Towards The Home Fires by Robert Taylor Double Remarque The Me262's inflict damage toWinter in the UK during the final year of the War was unforgiving with snow on the ground in Southern England. The War was coming to an end, but Germany fought on. In a tribute to Robin Olds the print illustrates Robin leading a flight of Mustangs in his P 51K "Scat VI" Below is the Estuary town of Malden in Essex, with its medieval wharfs and quayside. Robin Olds had shot down three Luftwaffe planes that day South of Berlin, on his way to triple Ace