Gun camera footage from a Spitfire MkI fighter of No.609 Squadron RAF,showing its tracer ammunition hitting a German HE III over Filton,Bristol England,25 sept 1940.

Tally-ho

After the famous Dambusters raid Guy Gibson (DSO,DFC and bar ,Victoria Cross)could have gotten any safe job on the ground he wanted but instead chose for active combat duties.
On sep 19th 1944 Gibson led a massive force as Master Bomber in a Mosquito on a raid to bomb railways and industrial targets at Monchengladbach and Rheydt.Mystery and controversy surround his death ever since.He orchestrated the attacks and then ordered the bombers home.His Mosquity was seen plunging into the ground at Steenbergen in Holland.Part of his remains were later found.What caused his crash has never been discovered.Harris later said in his memoirs that he had been wrong to let Gibson back on operations.Whatever happened,Britain had lost  one of its greatest heroes.Greetz,Brummbar 

Wing Commander Guy Gibson(1918-1944)

D-Day placed great emphasis on the capabilities of specialized British Armour, such as this Churchill AVRE, (Armoured Vehicles Royal Engineers) an Infantry tank conversion designed to undertake a host of battlefield engineering tasks. (scanned by HOS Bandit)