Pilots of III./JG 2, with Egon Meyer sitting in readiness. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Cowboys of the Sky

Fallen British Flyers are buried near the Channel Coast with full Military Honors. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Honoring the Enemy Dead

The Kommodore of JG 2, Oberstleutnant Egon Meyer, inspects one of his victims, a B-17. In early 1944 he was the Luftwafte's leading Heavy bomber specialist. Meyer was killed in combat with Thunderbolts near Montmedy on March 2, 1944. His total of 102 enemy aircraft shot down, all in the west, included 25 four-engined Bombers. (scanned by HOS Bandit)