He-111 over the channel

Messerschmit 109 E of Jagdgeschwader 53 ("Pik As"). Calais/France, August 1940

Calais airfield

Johannes "Hannes" Trautloft (3 March 1912 - 11 January 1995). Ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1932 until the end of the war and again from 1957-1970. He flew 560 combat sorties and was credited with 58 victories.
Ironically he is author first German aerial victory (Spanish Civil War August 25, 1936) and first German pilot shot down (Spanish Civil War August 30 1936).