Sujet
WWII: French postcard depicting a British RAF Hawker Hurricane aircraft.
Légende
World War Two: French postcard depicting a British RAF Hawker Hurricane aircraft. During the 11 days of fighting in France and over Dunkirk on 10â€î21 May 1940, Hurricane pilots claimed 499 kills and 123 probable. Contemporary German records, examined post-war, attribute 299 Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed and 65 seriously damaged by RAF fighters.[37] When the last Hurricanes left France, on 21 June, of the 452 Hawker fighters engaged during the Blitzkrieg, only 66 came back to Great Britain[38] with 178 abandoned at the airfields of Merville, Abbeville, Lille/Seclin and other bases.[36]
Date
20e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP18A04_371
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,4Mo (1,9Mo) / 39,7cm x 25,5cm / 4688 x 3012 (300dpi)