Richard Bong by Ivan Berryman. SIG56 The British column of tanks

The British column of tanks failed to reach its objective

By the late 1920s Germany had circumvented these restrictions and by the time WW II began

only Gibson and a few top brass knew the objective

based at Tangmere in 1937

Reflections

Richard Bong by Ivan Berryman. SIG56 The British column of tanksDHM1883. Richard Bong by Ivan Berryman. The highest scoring US pilot of the Second World War, Richard Bong, is depicted in his personal P. 38J Marge, claiming just one of his 40 confirmed victories. Insisting that he was not the greatest of marksmen, it was Bongs habit to manoeuvre to impossibly close distances before opening fire on his opponents. His eventual total may well have been greater than 40, as a further 8 probables could be attributed to