King George II Knighting Trooper Brown After the Battle of Dettingen by J P Beadle (B) SHN11 Bristol F2b Fighter claiming a

Bristol F2b Fighter claiming a Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft LVG by Ivan Berryman

resplendent in its new all-blue paint scheme

But there were four and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won -from the English Channel Front to the North African desert

or downed airmen and fly them home without attracting the attentions of enemy night fighters

28th June 1944

King George II Knighting Trooper Brown After the Battle of Dettingen by J P Beadle (B) SHN11 Bristol F2b Fighter claiming aDHM322B. King George II Knighting Trooper Brown After the Battle of Dettingen by J P Beadle. Private Thomas Brown of the 3rd kings own regiment of Dragoons, is knighted by King George the II, (The last reigning British Monarch to be at a Battle) Brown had recaptured the regimental guidon from the French during the battle. Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 9 inches (58cm x 23cm)