Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March - 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. (AP) WAR68 In their first twelve weeks

In their first twelve weeks of operation they brought down 97 Japanese aircraft

By the end of this action he had destroyed his 57th tank

River Crossing

From an air force teetering on extinction in the dark days of 1940

planted it with military settlers and appointed Ethelred Ealdorman of Mercia as its governor

Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March - 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. (AP) WAR68 In their first twelve weeksDP0151AP. Hubes Pocket, Kamenez Podolsk, Russia, 26th March 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. Among those encircled in the pocket were the men and guns of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 301. During the breakout, through two Soviet Tank Armies and across four rivers the Sturmgeschutz cleared the way for the infantry and others to pass through. Special mention was given to the heroic actions of Hauptmann Sekirka, the brigade commander, and Wachtmeister Walter