Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. (P) REG492 The Battle of The Dogger

The Battle of The Dogger Bank

Dogfight - Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian

and had to be resupplied by air

Here we see the 109 trailing smoke and banking down as Steve has hits near the engine and cockpit of the enemy combatant

HE and HL projectiles which had been standardized for usage in the long barreled KwK 40 tank guns

Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. (P) REG492 The Battle of The DoggerDP0160P. Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. Crimea, 7th August 1943. While flying a late afternoon combat patrol with Otto Fonnekolds schwarm, from 5 staffel, JG52, Willi Batz witnessed a taran or ramming attack by a soviet fighter on a Luftwaffe Fw189 artillery spotter. Then a second Spitfire, which Batz mistook for an Aircobra attempted to finish off the crew which had just bailed out. At this point Batz was able to intervene and opened fire on