Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) REG672 A Call to Arms by

A Call to Arms by David Pentland

Unlike many would-be fighter pilots

Dedicated to those who served and died in the Battle of Britain on the ground and in the air during the summer of 1940

The original painting which is some 15 metres in length hangs in the Palace of Westminster

On 2nd June 1942 U-652 was scuttled after sustaining heavy damage from an attack by Swordfish aircraft

Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) REG672 A Call to Arms byDHM2028B. Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting