In May 1946 he was demobilised from the RAF and re-joined 616 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force at RAF Finningley in March 1948
He was shot down and killed in March 1918
Image size 16 inches x 16 inches (41cm x 15cm)
This was the last air combat of the 1939-45 conflict
Flying his Messerschmitt Me109G6
D-Day Normandy Landings by Robert Taylor. NRG1210 In May 1946 he wasDHM2118. D Day Normady Landings by Robert Taylor. On June 6, 1944, no fewer than 4000 ships landed 133,000 assault troops on the beaches of Normandy. A further 23,000 parachuted in, whilst Allied aircraft flew 14,000 sorties on that historic day. By the end of August 200,000 seamen had transported two million troops across to France. It was the greatest and most successful military invasion in history, which led to the downfall of Hitlers Germany, and