1st Panzergruppe
Appointed Wing Navigational Officer during January 1944
91st Airborne from Upottery by Ivan Berryman
but Barnstorming played a vital role in aviation and probably put the idea of becoming a pilot in the minds of many young boys who would later go on to fly in combat during world war two
A clash between these two powers was inevitable
Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (H) ART240 1st PanzergruppeDHM1022H. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys