Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. (C) REG30 Battle hardened Spitfires of 222

Battle hardened Spitfires of 222 squadron head home high above a gathering storm at the height of the Battle of Britain

having cut inside of Constitution to engage the enemy more closely

The women and children were placed in the ship's cutter

Outraged at the grievous loss Winston Churchill signaled the Admiralty just three words: Sink the Bismarck

Ken Taylor and George Welch took off in their P-40 Warhawks from the isolated Haleiwa airfield in western Oahu in an attempt to intercept Japanese aircraft

Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. (C) REG30 Battle hardened Spitfires of 222DHM1274C. Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. While other Tigers of his command struck northwest and decimated the tanks and half tracks of the Sharpshooters and Rifle Brigade parked along the road towards point 213 and Caen, Haupsturmfuhrer Michel Wittmann attacked on his own to the south east. Driving his panzer into the village of Villers Bocage. he proceeded to destroy the Stuart and Cromwell tanks of