Spitfire Ace Basil Gerald Stapme Stapleton achieved Ace status with 6 victories during the Battle of Britain in 1940
the tragically short relationship of Sub Lt F Dawson Paul with the Spitfire was crammed with victories
German infantry take cover in a shell hole during the blitzkrieg through Southern Russia towards Stalingrad
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Signed by Wing Commander George W Swanwick (deceased)
Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. SQN56 Spitfire Ace Basil Gerald StapmeDHM1423. Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. Following the capture of Orel, the German High Command ordered General Heinz Guderians panzers to push on towards Mtsensk, Tuila and Moscow. Alarmed at the situation Stalin deployed Major General Leyushenko to halt this advance. the battle was finally joined when when the 4th Panzer Division crossed the Lisiza stream at Kamenewo, pushing back the dug in