Height and Sun Tribute Edition by Robert Taylor attacking Lancaster bombers over Bremen

attacking Lancaster bombers over Bremen

The P 40 Curtiss Warhawk was Americas principal fighter up to Pearl Harbor

Eagle Day 13th August 1940 code named Adlertag was the commencement of the Luftwaffe push to defeat the RAF in the Battle of Britain

On August 8th 1944 Wittmann was killed during the British break out south of Caen Normandy likely by a Canadian Sherman Firefly tank

The raid was a great moral booster to America and a wakeup call of what was to come for Japan

Height and Sun Tribute Edition by Robert Taylor attacking Lancaster bombers over BremenHeight and Sun, illustrates RAF Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain climbing as fast as they can to gain altitude. Due to the short distance across the Channel, there was little time once a raid appeared on Radar to gain the advantage of height. In the adage of fighter pilots: If you had height, you controlled the battle. If you came out of the sun, the enemy could not see you. If you held your fire until you were very close, you seldom missed.