Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. (APB) SQN321 All aircraft safely returned after

All aircraft safely returned after their four and a half hour sortie

JG52 in the spring of 1943

The two sisters

Limited edition of 5 artist proofs

Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. (APB) SQN321 All aircraft safely returned afterDHM1858APB. Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. Whilst flying with A Flight of 85 Squadron on 30th July 1940, Geoffrey Allard encountered a pair of Messerschmitt Bf. 110s about 40 miles from the coast, apparently patrolling near a convoy. After Squadron Leader Townsend, flying Red 1, had made two unsuccessful attacks, Allard closed to 150 yards and began to fire continuously, eventually closing to just 25 yards, whereupon the starboard engine of the Bf.