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David Pentland

One of Europe's Leading Military and Aviation Artists, David Pentland has produced a wealth of Paintings for Cranston Fine arts, who are proud to have David as one of their leading Artists. As you browse down his wonderful work you may be interested to know that many of the Paintings are still available, and to a collector his work would certainly be a valuable addition. David's Paintings have gone up in value over the past 2 years, and have seen a growth in value of nearly 100%.

David Pentland Ancient and Medieval

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Edward departs from his almost completed Rhuddlan Castle at the conclusion of his second Welsh campaign. Edward the 1st in Wales by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0861
After an unsuccessful attempt to invade Britain the previous year, Caesar returned in force. Included among his large ranks was one Indian elephant, a beast unknown to his enemy, and as it transpired a dramatic psychological weapon which succeeded in breaching the Britons defensive position on the River Thames. Julius Caesar Crossing the Thames, Summer 54BC by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1202
Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian empire lay at his feet. Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1359
At the moment of the crowing triumph of his career, Brian Boru, the high king of Ireland is struck down after a final desperate attack by one of his enemies. Death of Brian Boru - Clontarf by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0023
Rallying his men the young Pharoah Rameses II leads the Egyptian force in the decisive counter attack against the Hittite foes. Kadesh (Egyptians v Hittites) by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0032

David Pentland World War One Military Prints

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At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, the tanks of C and F Battalions in MkIV tanks advanced alongside the men of the British 12th Division against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported in the air by 4 RFC squadron flying ground attack missions, the general offensive had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. Original Pencil Sketch for Battle of Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsCCP0801
The village of Courcellette dominated the Somme battlefield, and it was the Canadian Corps who were given the task of taking the strongpoint. They were however aided by a new weapon, six tanks of No.1 Section, C Company, Heavy Tank Battalion. The Mark Is were commanded by Captain A. M. Inglis in C5 Creme de Menthe and supported the 31st (Alberta) Battalion in the successful assault in and around the villages Sugar Factory. Original Pencil Sketch for Assault on Courcellette, The Somme, 15th September 1916 by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsCCP0802
At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, Brigadier General Elles in a MkIV called Hilda led his 476 tanks against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported by 6 infantry divisions and 4 Royal Flying Corps squadrons flying ground attack missions, the attack had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1538
German Stosstruppen of the 18th Army, having broken through the British lines near St Quentin, engage secondary trench lines occupied by men of the 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (36th Ulster Division) . Similar attacks occurred right across the BEFs front, where the new tactics of short bombardments, infiltration, close air support, and non persistent gas had ripped open the British lines. The Kaisers Battle, Operation Michael, France, 21st March 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1543
At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, the tanks of C and F Battalions in MkIV tanks advanced alongside the men of the British 12th Division against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported in the air by 4 RFC squadron flying ground attack missions, the general offensive had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. Battle of Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1555
The village of Courcellette dominated the Somme battlefield, and it was the Canadian Corps who were given the task of taking the strongpoint. They were however aided by a new weapon, six tanks of No.1 Section, C Company, Heavy Tank Battalion. The Mark Is were commanded by Captain A. M. Inglis in C5 Creme de Menthe and supported the 31st (Alberta) Battalion in the successful assault in and around the villages Sugar Factory. Assault on Courcellette, The Somme, 15th September 1916 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1556
Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted German captured Mark IVs. The ensuing battle was chaotic, emerging from smoke the Germans were initially mistaken as part of C Company, but at 50 meters both sides recovered from their surprise and opened fire simultaneously. The lead British tank L16 commanded by Captain Rowe was immediately knocked out, who escaped with his men to L19 just in time to see it destroyed, along with L12. The remaining tank L8 had broken down some distance back taking no part in the battle, although its commander Lieutenant Martel managed to use a captured 77mm artillery piece to finally halt the German tank. Unexpected encounter at Niergnies, France, 8th October 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1566
A German machine gun team defend against the British 3rd Corps attack on the high ground north of the Somme. This was to be the start of the final Allied offensive of the war. The Machine Guns - Battle of Amiens, France, 8th August 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1647
Renault FT 17 baby tanks of the recently formed US 304th tank brigade commanded by the young Lt. Col George S. Patton Jnr. are employed for the first time during the allied assault on the St Mihiel Salient. Leading the 344th battalion in person Patton and his tanks help the infantry divisions push the enemy back to the Hindenberg line in only 4 days. Baptism of Fire - St Mihiel Salient, 12th – 15th September 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1688
Schneider CA1 Tanks of the French tenth army spearhead the successful counter offensive against the German army on the river Marne. Overhead a tenacious Junkers JI artillery spotter dogs their tracks. The Second Battle of the Marne, though not an overwhelming victory, spelt the end of German successes on the Western front, and a turning point for the allies. Tanks on the Marne - France, 18th July 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1689
St. Charmond Assault tanks of the French 10th Heavy Tank battalion move through Villers-Cotterets forest in preparation for the 10th Army counterattack on the German Soissons-Rheims salient. A Saint goes to War - The Second Marne Offensive, France 18th July 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1690
Fourteen A7V Sturmpanzerwagen and supporting infantry led the final push towards the strategic allied supply hub of Amiens. The panzers were divided into 3 groups, the first Skopnik with 3 tanks attacked and took Villers Bretoneux. The second group Uihlein of seven tanks struck towards the Bois DAquenne, while the third group Steinhardt comprising Elfriede, Nixe, Siegfried and Schnuck drove towards Cachy. The attack may well have succeeded but for the unexpected intervention of Britsh Mk IV and medium Whippet tanks. The New War Elephants, Cachy, France 24th April 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1691

David Pentland World War Two Military Prints

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German forces encircled in the fortress town of Konigsberg by 3rd Ukranian front prepare to break through the besieging Soviet lines to re-establish a supply line to the Baltic. Here some Stug III assault guns move up to their assembly area next to the towns World War One memorial. From here the attack was launched on February 18th 1945 and successfully opened a supply corridor which remained in place until 8th April.Counter Attack at Konigsberg by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0578
Oberfeldwebel Albert Kerscher, commander of 2nd company 511 Heavy Tank Battalion aided by a Panzer IV, two Hetzers, a Kingtiger and a Pak gun, successfully defended against concerted Soviet air and armoured attacks, his action buying valuable time for the evacuation of German wounded from Pilau and scoring his 100th victory in the process. Kerschers Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0584
El Alamein, October 28th 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel discusses the critical battle situation with the Commanding Officer of the 21st Panzer Division, in front of his Kampfstaffel. This personal mobile headquarters comprised a variety of vehicles including a radio Panzer III, SDKfz 232 radio armoured car, Rommels famous SDKfz 250/3 communications half-track GREIF and captured British Honey light tanks. The Desert Fox by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0585
British MK1 Grant tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry 8th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Division, breakout from El Alamein. Operation Supercharge, 4th November 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0586
Hauptsturm fuhrer Fritz Klingenberg, and the men of 2nd SS Divisions Motorcycle Reconnaissance battalion stop at the swollen banks of the River Danube. The following day he and six men, a broken down radio, and totally unsupported were to capture the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade. The Magician, Balkans, 11th April 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0587
Panzer IIs and IIIs of the African Korps, 15th Panzer Division drive towards Arcoma during the epic battles for the Gazala line. Battle for Gazala by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0774
British Vickers MKV1B Light tanks of the 3rd Hussars, 7th Armoured Division celebrate their part in the momentous victory over Italian forces in North Africa, February 1941. Victory at Beda Fomm by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0783
On 27th November 1950, thousands of Chinese troops swarmed over the frozen Yalu river on the North Korean /Chinese border, cutting off US Marines in the Chosin Reservoir area. Over the next ten days the marines with air support from both the Navy and Marine Air Wings fought their way out of the trap to Hungnam and safety. Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0785
Panzer IVF2 tanks of 6th Panzer Division, Panzer Armee Hoth, attempt to fight their way through to the beleaguered Sixth Army at Stalingrad, 12th December 1942. On the 21st the operation was abandoned when the expected breakout from Stalingrad failed to materialise, the relief column was only 25 miles from the city.Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0786
Captain R. Blair Paddy Mayne, and men of L detachment SAS, stop to discuss their location en route to Sidi Haneish airfield. The raid was a major victory, especially for the newly acquired jeeps, which played an important part in the destruction of some 40 enemy aircraft for the loss of one man. Paddys Troopers, The Sidi Haneish Road, 17th July 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0788
Braving intense enemy fire, Lt. Col. RB Mayne, Commanding Officer 1st SAS Regiment devastated a German ambush and subsequently rescued wounded troops of his own unit who had been pinned down while on a reconnaissance mission for the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. Paddys Fourth DSO, The Olderburg Raid, 9th April 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0789
Replacements from 1st Battalion Irish Guards and Sherman tanks of the 46th Royal Tank Regiment move through the debris of Anzio town towards their jump-off positions for the Battle of Campoleone Station. Anzio, Italy, February 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0791
Ernst Barkmanns (Das Reich, 2nd SS Panzer Division) famous day long solo engagement against an American Armoured breakthrough towards St. Lo, Normandy, 26th July 1944. Barkmanns Corner by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0792
King Tigers of Kampfgruppe von Rosen, 3rd Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503, preparing to move out from the Tisza bridgehead to counter Soviet pressure on German forces attacking to the northwest at Debrecen during the first battles to defend the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Tigers in the Mist by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0794
Panzer v Ausf. D Panthers of SS Panther Division Das Reich make their debut during the initial stages of the German summer offensive for Kursk. This unit with others of the SS Panzer Korps made the deepest advances into the well-prepared Soviet lines. Complete success however, was to elude them when outrunning their supporting divisions at Prokhorovka they were forced to halt for six days. Operation Zitadelle by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0797
British Crusader MK1 tanks of the 4th County of London Yeomanry Regiment, 22nd Armoured Brigade, charge Axis positions during the opening days of the offensive Bir El Gubi. Operation Crusader, 18th November 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0798
M19 self-propelled antiaircraft guns guns of the 82nd Battalion give cover to the M46 Patton tanks and men of the US Armys 2nd Division during their hazardous retreat south from the Yalu River, following the surprise Chinese winter offensive. Retreat from the Yalu by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0838
Churchill MkIV tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (comprised of 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards and 3rd Battalion Scots Guards), pass infantry of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle for Caumont. Operation Bluecoat, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0839
88mm AA guns of the 23rd Flak Regiment, used as anti-tank guns by orders of Rommel himself, are shown firing on British Matilda tanks of 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment. Action at Arras, France, 21st May 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0840
The men of the US 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment ambushed the German 1st Battalion, 6th Fallschrimjager Regiment making their way to Carentan, the Battle of Hells Corner ensued. Hells Corner, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0842
OT34 Flamethrower tank and men of Col. Krickmans 6th Guards Tank Brigade take part in the Soviet counter attacks of 13th-27th September in defence of the southern factory district of Stalingrad before the final offensive in October. Motherland, The Battle of Stalingrad, September 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0843
Polish 7TP (Twin Turret) light tank of Captain F. Michalowskis training company breaks out from the street barricade to counter attack German reconnaissance elements. Warsaw, September 1939 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0844
T-34 85 tanks of the Polish Peoples Army Heroes of the Westerplatte 1st Armoured Brigade during the battle to break through the tough German defences of East Prussia. Breaking of the Pomperanian Wall by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0845
Oberssturmbannfuhrer Jochim Peiper, commander of the armoured spearhead of 1st SS Panzer Division, in conference with some of the officers of other units under his command. Aside form men and tanks of his own division, these included King tigers of the 501st heavy tank battalion and paratroops of 1st battalion, 9th Fallschrimjager regiment. Kampfgruppe Peiper by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0846
A handful of Tigers from 2nd Kompanie SS Schwere Panzer Abteilung 101 halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, outside the little Norman village of Villers Bocage. Prowling through the streets of the village, the solitary tank of Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann knocked out most of the 4th County of London Yeomanrys regimental HQ Stuart and Cromwell tanks, before falling victim to a 6pdr anti-tank gun. Wittmann survived the battle but was killed a month later on August 8th 1944.Counter Attack at Villers Bocage by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0860
M3 Lee tanks and troops from General Slims 14th Army clear Japanese resistance form the village of Ywathitgyi in their drive to Mandalay. Road to Mandalay, Burma, February 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0862
Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the Cherkassy Pocket, Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the crack 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking are part of the relief force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes. By April 10th the Soviet encirclement of the city was broken and Wiking were pulled out of the line to continue refitting. Fight for Kowel, Poland, March/April 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0954
Syrian commandos and Republican Guard T72M tanks in the Bekkaa valley during the Israeli Peace for Galilee operation. It should be noted that although belonging to an elite unit, these tanks usually appeared minus a number of standard items, including side skirts, snorkel and even headlights, giving them a generally dilapidated appearance. They also employed the old Duska 12.7mm HMG rather than the new NSVT UTES anti-aircraft machine gun system. 40 Kilometres to Damascus by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0955
US Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd RCT, 2nd Marine Division, supported by LVTs and tanks, take part in the successful but bloody assault on Betio Island, part of the Tarawa Atoll. Operation Galvanic as it was known became the first step on the island road to Japan itself. Red Beach Two, Tarawa Atoll, 20th November 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0956
German Armoured Reconnaissance troops led by SS Captain Viktor Graebner, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, are decimated and repulsed by the men of Colonel Frosts 2PARA, as they attempt to retake the bridge by a coup-de-main. Graebners Attack, Arnhem Bridge, 18th September 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0957
After almost two months of continuous fighting in the front line, remnants of the 12th SS Panzer Division, Hitler Jugend, fall back under incessant air attacks by allied fighter bombers for their final battles in France. In their defense of the northern flank of what is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to prove a formidable foe to the attacking British and Canadian tanks. The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0958
Men of the US 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th Division supported by the tanks of 763rd and 713th Flamethrower Tank Battalions, during the assault on Yaeju Dake. This escarpment, known as Big Apple was the last in a series of tough Japanese defence lines on the south of the Island. Taking of Big Apple, Okinawa, 10th - 14th June 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0995
Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towards Carentan. Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0996
The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys furious counter attack against the SS Tank Corps. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1022
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of the elite Panzer Lehr, General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel Rudolf Gerhardt of Panzer Regiment Lehr, over the imminent transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo. Rommel in Normandy, France, 2nd July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1025
While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King tiger. Gormans tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tigers 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1026
Jagdpanthers of 654 heavy Tank Battalion engage 6th Guards Tank Brigade Churchills. Debut at Caumont, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1027
Tiger I tanks of 2 Kompanie/ Schwere Panzer Abteilung 504, attached to Panzer Division Herman Goring, launch their attack on the main US 7th Army landing beach at Gela, on the first day of Operation Husky. Despite the fact that the Herman Goring troops were untried in battle it was only the devastating effect of allied naval gunfire that stopped them reaching and probably destroying the beach head. Strike For Gela, Sicily, 11th June 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1048
From their position in a knocked out Soviet T28 tank, the Finnish troops keep up the pressure on the encircled enemy units. Frozen Hell, Suomussalmi, Finland 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1101
In this, the first true parachute operation of World war two, German paratroops of 1st battalion Fallschirmjager Regiment 1, proved themselves an invaluable component of Blitzkrieg. First in the initial stages of the campaign by seizing airfields and bridges in Norway and Denmark, and subsequently by supporting army ground forces engaged at Narvik. The Battle for Norway by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1102
In the predawn light the last Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II (Kingtigers) of 2nd Company 506th Heavy Tank Battalion, drive south across the Arnhem bridge to prepare for the upcoming counter-attack to retake Elst and the Nymegen road bridge. Finale at Arnhem, Holand, 24th September 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1104
On the 30th April, Untersharfuhrer Georg Diers and his crew of tank 314, were ordered to take up a defensive position at the Reichstag buildings. This was one of only two remaining King Tigers belonging to Heavy SS Tank Battalion 503 in Berlin. By that evening they had knocked out about 30 T34s, and the following day led a successful counterattack against the Kroll Opera House directly opposite the Reichstag. Their efforts though, merely postponed the inevitable and by the end of the day the order was given to abandon the position and prepare to break out of Berlin. Defence of the Reichstag, Berlin, 1st May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1109
M2A4 and M3 tanks of A Company, 1st US Marine Tank Battalion. move out from Henderson Field to support the perimeter from Japanese attacks. Guadalcanal by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1141
Sturmtigers of Sturmmorser Company 1002, commanded by Lieutenant Zippel, take on ammunition in preparation for the battle to come. These fearsome monsters 38cm rocket projectors could penetrate up to 2.5m of reinforced concrete. Luckily for the Allies only 18 were completed by the wars end. Preparing for the Day, the Reichswald, February 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1162
General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel. Blitzkrieg, Northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1164
DHM1170. Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1170
A Tiger I and PAK 40 anti tank gun of the Müncheberg Division, field a final defence of the capital in front of the Brandenburg Gate under the shattered remains of the famous Linden trees. The under-strength division had just been formed the previous month from a mixture of ad hoc units and various marks of tank. Despite this it put up a spirited fight until its final destruction in early May. Tiger at the Gate, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1178
Unterscharfurher Karl-Heinz Turk of the Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503, in one of the units few remaining Kingtigers, defends the Potsdammer Platz along with elements of the Munchberg Division against the rapidly encroaching Soviet forces. The Last Battle, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1179
Under pressure from Stalin to open a second front in Europe, Operation Jubilee was designed ostensibly as a reconnaissance in force on the French coast, to show the feasibility of taking and holding a major defended port for a day, in this case Dieppe. The plan devised by Lord Louis Mountbatten failed due to inadequate naval and air support, carrying out the landing in daylight and general lack of intelligence of the target. Here new Churchill tanks of the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment), with men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Fusiliers Mont-Royals, struggle to fight their way off the beach. Only a handful of men penetrated into the town itself, and eventually the remaining troops were ordered to withdraw. Out of 5086 soldiers who landed only 1443 returned.  Disaster at Dieppe, France, 19th August 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1195
Below the vast bulk of the Zoo Bunker one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air attack, some remnants of the citys defenders gather in an attempt to break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjäger and Münchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment. Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1196
Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American Armoured breakthrough. Barkmanns Stand by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1203
Sturmgeschutz IIIF of Stug Battalion Grossdeutschland, and supporting infantry from GD Regiment 1 battle against Soviet forces defending the strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don. Combined arms operations such as this proved the value of the assault gun, which took a terrible toll on enemy armour and men alike. Assault on Voronezh, Russia, 2nd - 7th July 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1218
LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation. Operation Veritable, Eastern Holland, 8th - 22nd February 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1220
Sturmgeschutz IIIg and Paratroops of the 4th Fallschirmjager Division, driving to the front line, pass one of the two giant 28cm K5 (Eisenbaum) railway guns responsible for the shelling the Allied beacheads at Anzio and Nettuno. Anzio Annie, Italy, 29th January 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1225
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 Viscount Arthur Cranleys 4th County of London Yeomanry the Sharpshooters RHQ. Although subsequently immobilized in the village center, the battle between the British 7th Armoured Division Desert Rats and Wittmanns 101st Heavy Tank Battalion continued for a full day, and blunted the British threat to the German line.  Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1274
Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American Armoured breakthrough. Barkmann by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1276
Following Hitlers death, the decision was taken by the officers and men of Sturmartillerie Brigade 249 to break out of the doomed capital. Shortly before midnight on the 3rd, what remained of the unit fought to the edge of the city at Spandau. By this time the brigade had been split into two elements, the first under Hauptmann Herbert Jaschke successfully punched their way out to the west. The second group was not so lucky, and its survivors fell into Soviet captivity. Escape to the Elbe, Berlin, 3rd May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1293
Oberscharfuhrer Ernst Barkmann in Panther 401 accidentally found himself as the spearhead of the 2nd SS Panzer Divisions night assault on the crossroads at Manhay. Initially mistaking a lone Sherman of US 7th Armoured Division as that of his own commander, he pulled alongside the enemy tank, and only realised his mistake when he noticed its unusual red interior lights. In a brief close quarter fight he managed to destroy the M4 with the Panthers anti-personnel mortar (Panzergranate) He then proceeded along the moonlit forest roads past a succession of surprised American units to Manhay and on towards Liege, having left several destroyed vehicles in his wake. His appearance caused havoc in the US defences, culminating in a rout. Night Drive to Manhay, Barkmann in the Ardennes, 24th December 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1294
As allied forces pressed inland towards Caen, the 21st panzer Division launched a counterattack along a narrow three mile corridor between the Canadians on Juno beach and the British on Sword. the charge led by fifty tanks of 22nd panzer regiment and supporting Panzer grenadiers was engaged on its eastern flank by heavy British anti tank fire and the bulk of the force was pinned down or destroyed. ultimately only six PZ IVs and a company of infantry mannered to reach the coast at lion sur mer. their stay however was short lived and within a few hours the arrival of the transports and gliders of the British 6th Airborne directly overhead forced the entire division to pull back for fear of being trapped. Dash to the Sea, November 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1310
After suppressing the initial German defences, the Sherman Crab flail tank of Lance Sgt Johnson, 3 Troop C Squadron the 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, clears a path through a minefield to allow tanks of 27th Armoured Brigade, and men of 3rd Infantry Division to breakout from the beaches. Fire support from surviving Sherman DD (amphibious) tanks of 13th /18th Hussars (QMO), proved invaluable in the initial push towards Caen D-Day, Sword Beach, Normandy 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1311
Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy of the mighty Luftwaffe. No one though had reckoned on the brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000 troops in nine days. Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1345
Leading 30th Corps assault across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank. Heroic efforts however by the Royal Engineers of 71st, 72nd and 73rd Field Companies, succeeded in constructing a Class 9 Bailey bridge (David, shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath, shown right) Despite constant enemy fire this amazing feat was achieved in only 2 days, and allowed 15/19th Hussars Cromwells and 4.7th Dragoons Guards Shermans to cross just in time to repulse a serious German counter attack by Tiger IIs of SS Panzer Abteilung 101. David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1391
Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that morning. Shortly afterwards the glider troops were reinforced by 7 Parachute Battalion, and together they held the area against German attacks until the main British forces landing at Sword beach could fight through to join them. Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1394
Germany Infantry assault troops and PzIV tank of the 24th Panzer Division are counterattacked by Soviet riflemen of General Chuikovs 62nd Army as they push towards the Red October factory works. Battle on the Volga, Stalingrad, Southern Russia, 30th September 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1395
Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zeuche und Camminetz, (nicknamed The Panzer Count), in the vanguard of Panzer Regiment Gross Deutchlands thrust towards Belogrod. One of the most spectacular armour commanders of all time he led his mixed force of PzIVs and Tiger 1s on a series of successful battles to form a northern pincer around Kharkov, vital to the retaking of the city. For his exploits he was awarded the swords to his Knights Cross. The Panzer Count by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1421
1st Lieutenant Otto Carius commanding 2nd Company of the 502nd heavy tank Battalion, with eight Tigers, advanced towards the village of Malinava (a northern suburb of Dunaburg) , to halt the Russian advance. Following a reconnaissance Lieutenant Otto Carius explained his plan to take the village. He decided to attack using only two tanks because there was only one narrow road leading to the village. Six Tigers therefore remained in the reserve while Lt Carius and Lt. Albert Kerschers (one of the most decorated commanders of sPzAbt 502) tanks moved towards the village. Speed was the essence and afterwards, Otto Carius recalls that the entire battle did not last more than 20 minutes. in this short time, Carius and Kerscher knocked out 17 of the new JS-1 Stalin and 5 T-34 tanks. Following this he deployed 6 of his tanks in an ambush against the remainder of the Soviet tank battalion advancing toward him, unaware of their lead companies demise. Surprise was complete and a further 28 tanks were destroyed along with their supporting trucks and vehicles, the complete battalion had been wiped out for no loss. The Tigers Roar, Malinava, Latvia, July 22nd 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1422
Following the capture of Orel, the German High Command ordered General Heinz Guderians panzers to push on towards Mtsensk, Tuila and Moscow. Alarmed at the situation Stalin deployed Major General Leyushenko to halt this advance. the battle was finally joined when when the 4th Panzer Division crossed the Lisiza stream at Kamenewo, pushing back the dug in defenders towards Mtsensk, but unaware they had entered a Soviet trap. at this point the T34s and KV1s of Colonel Katukovs 4th tank Brigade attacked from the woods on the Panzers left flank smashing the out gunned and weaker armoured PzIII tanks and half tracks. For the Germans the battle was a terrible shock, stalling their advance and an unexpected demonstration of Soviet armoured superiority. During the battle Lt Lavrinienko, with his platoon of four T34s supported by three KV1s under Sgt Antonov knocked out eleven enemy tanks, plus a pair of artillery guns (squashed under the tracks of the KVs) In his short two month career, Lt Lavinienko knocked out some fifty two enemy tanks! Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1423
As the spearhead of Army Group North, 6th Panzer Division had deployed two Kampgruppe across the Dubyana river as jump off points for the drive towards Leningrad. Prior to the ensuing battles for the bridgeheads General Solyalyankin, commander of 2nd Tank Division, infiltrated a single KV2 and some infantry across the river to interdict the German supply road to Rasyeinyia. For two days the Soviet tank fought off all attempts to clear it from the road (including a night attack by German sappers) in the process destroying a convoy of supply trucks, a battery of the new Pak38 anti-tank guns, and an 88mm gun. It was only the combined efforts of a platoon of PZ35(t)s who distracted the lone tank to its front while a 88mm AA gun scored some eight hits from the rear that finally knocked it out. as the Germans inspected the silent KV they were stunned as the turret once again began to move, a quick thinking engineer dropped a few grenades through the 88 holes in the turret and finally silenced the monster. The Roadblock, Dubyana River, Lithuania 23rd - 24th June 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1424
Following an astonishing night march, the tanks of 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and men of 1st Battalion Black Watch found themselves ensconced in the village of St. Aignan de Cramesnil some 4 miles behind German lines. Shortly after noon a small group of Tiger I tanks were spotted advancing north by 3 Troop, A Squadron. Some minutes later Captain Boardman arrived in his Sherman I and when the enemy were within 800 yards he gave the order to open fire. The first two shots by the troops Firefly brewed up the rearmost target. After moving to a new position Trooper Joe Ekins fired again, knocking out a second Tiger. Finally he turned his attention to the remaining tank, destroying it with two more rounds. Unknown to the British tankmen at the time it is now believed that the last Tiger was that of the top German tank ace Hauptsturmfurher Michael Wittmann. The Death of Wittmann, St Aignan de Cramesnil, France, 8th August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1539
Major Sankovsky, commander of the new SU-152 battery of 1442nd SP Art Regiment, assigned to the 13th Army was in support of the 307th Rifle Division around Ponyri Station when the XXXXI Panzer Corp attacked with 200 panzers. Leading the way were Tiger Is of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, and the Borgward BIV remote control mine clearance tanks. On this day it is believed the major himself knocked out 10 enemy tanks, and in the ensuing three weeks of combat at Kursk the battery accounted for some 12 Tigers and 7 Ferdidnands. It was this units results which the SU152 the nickname of Zwieroboj - Animal Hunter. Zwieroboj - Animal Hunters - Ponyri Station, Kursk, 7th July 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1597
A Tiger (P) Ferdinand, 7th Company, 654th Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung passes a knocked out Soviet Su122 on the German advance towards the village of Ponyri. The fighting around this small agricultural settlement was some of the most savage of the entire battle. The Battle for Ponyri Station, Kursk, 9th July 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1598
Central Russia, 4th-12th July 1943. For Operation Citadel the Heavy tank battalion 503 was split into separate companies and attached to various panzer divisions. Rubbels 1st company went to 6th Panzer Division, and as such take part in the epic breakthrough on the 10th and 11th which came close to the collapse of the soviet southern front! Alfred Rubbel at Kursk by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1777
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Kinderheim, Narva Bridgehead 17th March 1944, 2nd Kompany, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion. Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, pull back to their headquarters at The Kinderheim to reload ammunition and refuel for the next engagement. Rearm and Resupply by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1778
Royal Engineers Churchill AVREs of 6th Assault Regiment, 81st Squadron and DD Shermans of the 4/7th Dragoon Guards. Both units were part of perhaps the most important formation involved in the British and Canadian landings, the 79th Armoured Division or Funnies. Composed of a variety of armoured vehicles, designed to support the beach assault troops, they included mine flails, bunker busters, carpet layers, and amphibious tanks. Gold Beach, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1839
As a prelude to the invasion of Europe, certain important targets were attacked by airborne forces. Among them the bridge over the Caen canal which would protect the allies left flank. Major John Howard (D Company Ox and Bucks Light Infantry) gliders achieved complete surprise and the bridge was taken in a matter of minutes. Ever after it has been known as Pegasus Bridge in honour of the airborne forces emblem. Coup de Main, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1840
Toldi IIa Light tank and troops of the Hungarian Army watch out for marauding enemy aircraft as they move forward to attempt to stem the oncoming Soviet tide. Last of the Honved, Eastern Hungary, Autumn 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM2500
German infantry take cover in a shell hole during the blitzkrieg through Southern Russia towards Stalingrad. Cross of Iron, Russia, Summer 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM3001
Soviet troops advance at lightning speed through Manchuria against a crumbling Japanese defence August Storm by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0012
After almost two months Sherman tanks and armoured infantry of the US 2nd Armoured Division eventually broke through the German defences south-west of St Lo. Pushing aside the shattered remnants of Panzer Lehr Division, their rapid advance forced a general German retreat. This would ultimately spell disaster for the German armies in France. Operation Cobra, Normandy, 28th July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0018
Soviet guards launch a Human Wave attack on beleaguered German defenders at Stalingrad, Autumn 1942. Valour of the Guards by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0026
Near Lake Ricu, 12th - 16th July 1944. Kampfgruppe Carius by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0100
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius, 17th March 1944. Defence of Narwa Bridgehead by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0101
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius during the destruction of the Ostsack, Narwa, 6th April 1944. Operation Strachwitz II by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0102
Heavy Tank Regiment Bake, 1st - 21st February 1944. Opening the Cherkassy Pocket by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0103
Panzer commander Alfred Rubbel at the Battle of Kursk, 4th - 12th July 1943. Alfred Rubbel at Kursk by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0104
Gerhard Fischer. Russia, 25th February 1943. Marder II, PzJager Battalion 5,SS Panzer Grenadier Division Wiking. Barvenkovo by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0105
Gerhard Fischer. Poland, 31st July 1944. Jagdpanzer IV Pz Jager Batt 5, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Holding the Vistula by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0106
Gerhard Fischer. Poland, 14th August 1944 - Jagdpanzer IV of Jagd Pz Batt 5, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Lying in Wait by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0107
Targul Fromos, Rumania, April 1944. 10th Staffel (Panzerjager) Schlachtgeswader 2. Tank Hunters by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0108
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Kinderheim, Narva Bridgehead 17th March 1944, 2nd Kompany, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion. Rearm and Resupply by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0109
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Narva Bridgehead, 18th March 1944 - 2nd Company, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion and Nordland Infantry. Retaking Tirtsu by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0110
Central Caucasus, August 1942. Against a background of Mount Elbrus, the Panzer IVs of 9th company, panzer regiment 4, 13th Panzer division, race south from Rostov to attempt to take the oilfields of the Caucasus. In the shadow of Elbrus by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0111
Hungary, 18th February 1945. The Soviet bridgehead across the lower river Gran threatened the important oilfields at Komorn. To deal with it, Heavy tank battalion 503 was attached to the elite Hoch und Deutschmeister Division. Then in conjunction with the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division to the north the operation was launched and the bridgehead successfully crushed. Breaking the Gran Bridgehead by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0112
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive Soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. The Firing Line by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0113
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the third operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy the final units of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. Advance to the Start Line, Narva Bridgehead , Northern Russia , 6th April 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0114
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. Into Position, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0115
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. The Ambush, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0116
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. Springing the Trap, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0117
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher , Otto Carius, and 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, supported in the air by Fw190s of JG54 Grunherz find themselves the only forces available to hold the line against the advancing Soviet forces. Holding the Line, Dunaburg, Latvia, 21st July 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0118
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the second operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy half of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. The operation was totally successful. Clearing the Ostsack, Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 6th April 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0119
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the second operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy half of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. The operation was totally successful. Mutual Support, Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 6th April 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0120
Ist Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is of Alfred Rubbel and Hannes Rippl (whose crew included gunner Kurt Knispel) battering through the dense Red Army defences at Kursk. Rubbel and Rippl, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0121
After the battle of Kursk, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is were divided into small groups to protect and support infantry units as they retreated from the Donets river line. A typical example was the team of Rubbel (Max) and Rippl (Moritz) who for several weeks acting independently fended off pursuing Soviet armoured units. Their success was in no small part due to the skill of Rippls gunner, Kurt Knispel. Max and Moritz, Retreat from the Donets, Russia, July to September 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0122
Heavy Tank Regiment Bake was temporarily created as part of the forces gathered to breakthrough to the besieged Army Corps trapped in the Korsun (or Tscherkassy) pocket. Led by Oberstleutnant Dr. Bake it consisted of Heavy Tank Battalion 503, the panther battalion of Panzer Regiment 23, and a battalion of artillery, engineers and mountain troops. This powerful unit was halted just 10km from its objective having run out of supplies, and had to be resupplied by air. Help from the sky, near Korsun, Russia, 13th February 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0123
Kurt Knispel rescues his Commander Hans Fendsack after heavy attacks on the Tiger IIs of 1st Company, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 by allied fighter bombers. Despite being pulled to safety Oberfeldwebel Fendsack died later that night from his wounds. For 4 years they had been friends and comrades. Farewell to a Friend, Normandy, France 5th August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0124
Mountain troops and Panther tanks of Heavy Tank Regiment Bake, push towards Oratrow to complete the encirclement of several Red Army Corps. The Balabonowka Pocket, Ukraine, 25th-30th January 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0125
Mountain troops riding on Panther tanks of 2nd Battalion 23rd Panzer Regiment, Heavy Tank Regiment Bake in a successful attempt to outflank major soviet forces blocking the route to Tscherkassy. While the Tiger battalion launched a frontal attack on the enemy positions, the Panthers were able to attack from the rear, totally surprising the defenders. The Road to Tscherkassy, Medwin, Ukraine, 3rd-9th February 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0126
Panthers of 2nd Battalion 23rd Panzer Regiment, Heavy Tank Regiment Bake led by captured T34s race to capture a vital bridge at Frankowka across the Gniloi Tilitsch. The daring coup de main was successful bringing the relief column one step closer to the besieged pocket at Tscherkassy. Race to Frankowka, Ukraine, 10th February 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0127
With a mixed unit of 4 Panthers, 1 anti tank gun, and 25 men from Feldersatz Battalion 128 Hauptmann Gerhard Fischer held the important village for a full day against overwhelming Soviet attacks before being ordered to retreat. Holding Hosszupaly, Hungary, 17th October 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0128
Leading one of the last columns attempting to breakout from the doomed city, Georg Diers battered Kingtiger of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 smashed through the Soviet roadblock on the far side of the Weidenammer Bridge. Escape from Berlin. Germany 3.00 a.m, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0132
Tiger II 314 of Unterscharfurher Georg Diers supported by Oberscharfurher Bootsman of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503, knocked out 13 T34s in 19 minutes. Stemming the Tide, Straussberg, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0133
Following a full day of combat Hauptscharfurher Korner of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 foiled a night attack by a battalion of Josef Stalin JSII heavy tanks. By the end of the day he had accounted for 76 enemy tanks, over 40 of these on this one day alone. It was his 25th birthday. Night Fight, Bollersdorf, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0134
Hauptscharfurher Korner of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 makes his escape from the city in an abandoned Panther via the suburb of Staaken. On the way he destroyed a JSII, and a couple of Assault guns, before his tank broke down for a final time later that night. Panther on the loose, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0135
While commanding an emplaced Panther tank turret east of Piedimonte, the young Gefreiter Herbert Fries, from 2./FschPzJägAbt 1, slowed down the Allies who were trying to outflank what was left of 1FJD. In two days he and his crew knocked out 17 enemy tanks. Panther Stellung, Monte Cassino,  Italy, 21st -22nd May 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0136
In early 1945 Obersturmführer Walter Girg was given command of a small unit of SS commandos whose task was to operate Russian tanks behind enemy lines. One such mission took him to the area of the enemy-encircled Kolberg garrison. The German forces there however believed Girg and his men to be Seydlitz agents (German soldiers working for the Soviet forces) and they were taken to be shot. Luckily the mistake was discovered a short time later and Girg remained in Kolberg until 18 March 1945 when the garrison was evacuated by sea. Jagdverbande Mitte, Pomerania, Germany, March 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0137
Leutnant Heinrich Kohlers Stug IIIs of 1st section, 3rd Battery, 322 Stumgeschutz Abteilung, push back repeated Soviet attempts to break out of their bridgehead at Baranow. Within only 2 days they destroyed for 23 enemy tanks. Containing the Baranow Bridgehead, Ukraine, 1st-2nd August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0138
A Soviet attack with 18 Sherman tanks and infantry on Hill 42 was halted by a few Stug IVs of Leutnant Heinrich Kohlers 3rd Battery 210 Stumgeschutz Abteilung. Within a matter of minutes 15 enemy tanks were destroyed, 6 by Kohler himself. Fight for Hill 42, East Prussia, 15th March 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0139
Hornet self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 3rd Army, Army Group Center. Oberleutnant Erwin Kressmann commanded 1st company, while its 1st platoon was led by the soon to be famous Lt Albert Ernst, who in an engagement during the Witebsk battles destroyed 14 Soviet tanks with just 21 rounds. Hornisse, Central Russia, November 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0144
Hornet self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 3rd Army, Army Group Center. Oberleutnant Erwin Kressmann commanded 1st company, while 1st platoon was led by the soon to be famous Lt Albert Ernst, who in an engagement during the Witebsk battles destroyed 14 Soviet tanks with just 21 rounds. Lull in the Battle, Central Russia, December 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0145
Jagdpanther self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 6th SS Panzer Army during the ill fated Ardennes offensive. Only the 1st company commanded by Hautmann Erwin Kressmann took part in the campaign. Winter Offensive, Ardennes Forest, Germany, December 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0146
Jagdpanther self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 6th SS Panzer Army during the ill fated Ardennes offensive. Only the 1st company commanded by Hauptmann Erwin Kressmann took part in the campaign. Jagdpanthers in the Ardennes, Ardennes Forest, Germany, December 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0147
Sturmgeschutz IIIG of 1st Battery, Sturmartillerie Brigade 912, led by Hauptmann Richard Engelmann, during the fighting around Jackony farmstead. This was only one battle in a series of actions to hold back the Russian 2nd Baltic Fronts summer offensive. By the end of this campaign he had personally destroyed 54 enemy tanks, all but 3 in this July - August period. Rearguard on the Duna Front, Latvia, 4th August 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0148
During the battles around Smolensk the guns of 1st Battery Sturmgeschutz Battalion 237, led by Oberleutnant Bodo Heinrich Ferdinand Otto Spranz were constantly in action to stem the Soviet tide. At the end of this period his personal tally stood at 76 destroyed enemy tanks. In recognition of his own and units exceptional effort he was awarded the Knights Cross with Oakleaves, and promoted to Hauptmann. Stumgeschutz Vor, Smolensk, Central Russia, September 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0149
Wachtmeister Fritz Amling was a gun commander in 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz Battalion 202, in the Wajsma sector of the front at the start of the Soviet Operation Mars. During the first days fighting Amling, along with his gunner Bruno Guskowski, accounted for 24 enemy tanks, five of these in one minute! By the end of the second day, despite being wounded they had destroyed a further 18 tanks, a total of 42 in 48 hours. Forty Eight Hours, Wajsma, Central Russia, 11th - 12th December 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0150
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 Feibig. By the time 1st Panzer Armee had reached German lines Feibig had a personal tally of over 50 tanks destroyed. Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March – 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0151
During the Fourth Battle of Kurland, Major Josef William Sepp Brandner, commander of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 912, personally counterattacked a soviet breakthrough, then with only his headquarters of 3 guns continued without infantry support to pursue and rout the enemy units. By the end of this action he had destroyrd hid 57th tank, his final tally rose to 66 by the wars end. Turning the Tables, Kurland, Baltic Coast, 25th January – 3rd February 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0152
Lake Ladoga, Leningrad 17th February 1943. Oberfeldwebel Hans Bölter and his platoon leader Lt.Meyer, supporting Kampfgruppe Sudau during the Second Battle of Lake Ladoga. In a day long engagement the two Tiger Is of 1st Company, Heavy Tank battalion 502 destroyed a succession of anti-tank guns, tanks and infantry attacks. Lt Meyer knocked out 10 KV1s in as many minutes and by the wars end Hans Bolter had accounted for at least 144 enemy tanks, making him one of the great Panzer aces. Captain Hans Bölter - Struggle in the Snow by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0153
Lake Ladoga, Leningrad 13th January 1943. Feldwebel Muller of 1st Company, Heavy Tank battalion 502, was mentioned in dispatches for his actions in the Second Battle of Lake Ladoga. During the Soviet offensive he accounted for some 25 enemy tanks and by the end of the war he had destroyed 50. Feldwebel Johann Muller - Tigers to the Front by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0154
Iserlohn, Rhur, 15th April 1945. In the closing days of the war, US forces surrounded the town of Iserlohn. Lying in wait, Oberfanrich Rondorf destroyed 3 of the advancing Shermans, bringing his total score of enemy tanks destroyed to 106 - at least 5 of these in the giant Jagdtiger. This action was the last for Panzerjager Battalion 512, as it surrendered itself and the town the following day. Oberfahnrich Heinrich Rondorf - Jagdtiger at Bay by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0155
Tscherkassy Pocket, Russia, 13th February 1944. The two Tiger Is of Feldwebel Heinz Gartner and Oberfahnrich Heinrich Rondorf, of  Heavy Tank battalion 503 destroyed a surprise Soviet counter attack by some 15 T-34s from Chishinzy village. By now the relief force Panzer Regiment Bake of which they are part were only a few days away from opening a corridor to the Korsun pocket. By the end of the war these two tank commanders had destroyed 103 and 106 enemy tanks respectively. Guard Duty by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0156
Mor, Hungary, 1st January 1945. Feldwebel Heinz Gärtner and Oberleutnant von Rosen, plus a handful of other King Tigers of Heavy Tank battalion 503, searched for the units objective, Hill 128. Despite heavy snow and poor visibility, the Tigers found and took the hill, routing the strong Soviet defences present. By the end of the war Feldwebel Gärtner had destroyed 103 enemy tanks. Feldwebel Heinz Gärtner - Where is Hill 128 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0157
Norrey en Bessin, Normandy, 11th July 1944. A 75mm PAK (anti-tank) gun of the 26th Panzer Grenadier Regiment engages Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1st Hussars in front of Norrey en Bessin. Fire by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0171
Caen, Normandy, 7th June 1944. Panzer IVGs of 7th Company, 2nd Panzer Battalion, 12th SS Division, supporting Panzer Grenadiers fron the 2nd Battalion, 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, in their attack on St Contest and Gamanche. Both objectives were successfully taken, and along with other simultaneous attacks the Canadian advance was stalled in front of Caen. First Response by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0172
Norrey en Bessin, Normandy, 11th July 1944. A counter attack by the Panthers of Obersturmfuhrer Hans Siegels 8th Company, SS-Panzer Regiment 12, along with Panzer Grenadiers of the 26th Regiment, virtually destroyed a breakthrough by the Canadian 1st Hussars and Queens Own Rifles of Canada. Closing the Door by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0173
Juno Beach, Normandy, 6th June 1944. Sdkfz 232 armoured cars of 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion commanded by Obersturmfuhrer Peter Hansmann observe the Canadian beachhead at Juno Beach. His small tram was tasked with finding out if an invasion was actually underway and it drove some 80km, arriving at the coast near Tracy at 7.30 in the morning to witness the landings in progress. D-Day Recce by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0174
Abbey DArdenne, Normandy, 8th July 1944. Commander of 3rd Company, SS-Panzer Regiment 12, Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop, shelters within the walls of the Abbey DArdenne. After a full day of battle against the Canadians, the remaining Panthers of the unit along with Panzer Grenadiers of 25th Reminet managed to halt their advance just in front of the divisional headquarters at the abbey. Sanctuary by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0175

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A joint arms search by members of 3rd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Search on the Quoile, 1985 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0588
Second in the series of British Army units in Northern Ireland. Deployment from Palace Barracks by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0784
Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary, Army Dog Unit, RAVC Northern Ireland, 1973-1998. Search and Secure, Army Dog Unit by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0841
Members of Pagoda troop 22 SAS, prepare to assault the front of the Iranian Embassy in Princess Gate, London. The action brought the 5 day siege of the Embassy by terrorists to an end and saved all but one of the remaining hostages. Operation Nimrod, 5th May 1980 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0863
D squadron 22 SAS, made their way to the Argentinian landing strip where they proceeded to destroy 11 enemy aircraft with demolition charges, 66mm rockets and small arms. The destruction of these enemy aircraft, among them Paccaras, most certainly saved many lives among the Task Force and proved a valuable morale booster at the same time. Raid on Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, 1982 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0864
Centurion Mk 5/1 of C squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, scrub bashing during Operation Overlord. This proved to be one of the most successful of tank/ infantry co-operations when the tanks of C Squadron gave decisive fire support to infantry of 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and APCs of 3rd Cavalry Regiment against a strongly entrenched NVA battalion north of the province. Diggers in Nam, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 5th - 7th June 1971 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1103
A Provisional IRA bomb left outside the Unionist Party Headquarters, exploded prematurely injuring several police, army and civilians. At the same time it devastated the recently repaired Grand Opera House and Europa Hotel. Business as Usual, Glengall St, Belfast, December 1991 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1172
Two days into Operation Desert Storm (G+2), and the allied VII Corps had wheeled through southern Iraq towards the Kuwait border. In the centre of the advance were the men and tanks of the US 3rd Armored Division and 2nd Cavalry Regiment supported by the 1st Infantry Division. The greatest glory though, went to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, who after an initial encounter with 10 Iraqi T72 tanks all of which were destroyed near longitudinal line 60 (Easting 60), moved on until the bulk of the battle occurred at 73 Easting. Despite having to fight in almost zero visibility due to dust storms and nightfall, the regiments M2A2, M3A2 Bradleys, and M1A1 Abrams decimated the opposing elements of the Iraqi crack Tawakalna Republican Guard Division and 12th Armoured Division. Their success was followed up by the 1st Infantry Division who carried on the attack to take Objective Norfolk the following morning, and by the 3rd Armored Division to the north who engaged and destroyed other brigades of the Tawakalna and 12 Armoured Divisions. The Battle of 73 Easting, Iraq, 26th February 1991 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1194
Abram M1A1 tanks and Bradley APCs of Charlie Company, the Cobras, 1-64 Desert Rogues Armoured Battalion, US 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanised) drive into central Baghdad, through Saddams famous war memorial. Through the Hands of Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1272
Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior APCs of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra. The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1273
DHM1355. The Men in the Arena by David Pentland. The Men in the Arena by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1355
Captain Fields 2 Scimitar and 2 Scorpion light tanks of 3 Troop The Blues and Royals along with the Milan platoon, provide vital covering fire for 2 Paras assault on the North Spur Wireless Ridge (Apple Pie) Following lessons learned at Goose Green additional support was available from artillery, mortars, machine guns and even HMS Ambuscade. Despite the attack being conducted at night, with frequent snow flurries, and minefields, all the objectives were taken, and at first light the road to Port Stanley lay open and unopposed. Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1390
When 250 well armed and trained rebel tribesmen attacked the small SAS outpost at Mirbat few would have given good odds on their survival. At the height of the battle Corporal Labalaba and Trooper Savesaki, both Fijians and both wounded fought off relentless assaults by the attacking Adoo. Firing a World War II vintage 25pdr field gun at point blank range Labalaba finally fell to a snipers bullet just as Captain Kealy and Trooper Tobin reached the gunpit to aid its defence. Within minutes however Tobin was dead, but Kealy and the remaining defenders critical position was saved by the timely arrival of 2 Omani Strikemaster jets, and helicopters carrying 24 men of G Squadron. Sacrifice at Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19th July 1972 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1413
2 R Welsh Battle Group strike into Basra City, summer 2007. The original painting was commissioned by the regiment. A Hot Night in Basra by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1648

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From Tiffins Regiment of Foot 1689, to present day Royal Irish Regiment Infantryman. The Royal Irish Regiment by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM7741

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Lockheed Vega PV-1 VB32 Squadron in the Santaren Channel. From this point on the U-boat was hunted and harassed only to be sunk in the Bay of Biscay. The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0571
Gazelle of Army Air Corps 661 Squadron on a reconnaissance mission for British 7th Armoured Division during Operation Desert Storm. Desert Gazelle by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0572
Westland Wessex of No.72 Squadron based at RAF Aldergrove, flying over the Copeland Islands in Belfast Lough. Wessex Over the Copelands by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0573
Boeing Chinook of No.7 Squadron (detachment) from RAF Aldergrove, flying on supply duty in the west of the province. Chinook over the Sperrins by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0574
Two Hawker Hurricanes ME11D tank busters of No.6 Shiny Six Squadron about to attack retreating axis mechanised units, November 1942 at El Alamein. Can Openers by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0576
Wing Commander Roland Beamont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted and downed his first V1 Buzzbomb on the night of June 22nd, 1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bombs, 8 enemy aircraft and 35 locomotives destroyed plus one minesweeper sunk. A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0577
A C130 Hercules MK1 from RAF Lynham Transport Wing, delivers a low level Brigade drop of Airbourne forces over Salisbury Plain. Dawn Descent by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0589
Gloster Gladiators flown by Flt. Lt. M.T. Pattle and Flying Officer Johnny Lancaster surprise a flight of Breda 65s from 59A Squadriglia over Bit Taob El Essem, North Africa. Pattle went on to be top Commonwealth Air Ace of all time. Pattles First Victory, 4th August 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0590
Joint exercise between a RNLI Lifeboat and a Royal Air Force Westland Wessex from 72 Squadron off the coast of Northern Ireland. Joint Rescue by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0776
De Havilland Tigermoth. Tigermoth by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0778
Historic RNAS bombing raid on the German Zepperlin base at Cuxhaven, on Christmas day 1914. Christmas Surprise by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0779
The Vulcan B2 takes off from Ascension Island to play a major role in Operation Corporate, the name given to the British military operation to retake the Falkland Islands. The Vulcan would take part in the seven planned bombing missions during the Falklands campaign codenamed Operation Black Buck. Each mission would require a solo Vulcan Bomber (plus an airborne reserve Vulcan in case of problems with the first) to fly and bomb the Argentinean airfield at Port Stanley, requiring the support of 12 Handley Page Victor K2 tankers of 55 and 57 squadron on the outward journey and 2 Victors and a Nimrod on the return journey.Vulcan Twilight by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0793
Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M. Kuttlewascher, No.1 Fighter Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On this mission he destroyed three Heinkel IIIs over their own airfield, St. Andre, in occupied France. Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0859
RAF Hastings drop men of 3 PARA battalion on the Egyptian airfield of El Gamil as part of the Airborne element of Operation Musketeer, (Anglo-French plan to re-open the Suez Canal after its closure by Egyptian President Nasser) Carried to their target by 18 Valettas and 9 Hastings of RAF Transport Command, and supported by Air strikes by Fleet Air Arm Sea Venoms and Seahawks they quickly succeeded in securing their objective. Suez Drop, 5th November 1956 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1021
210 Squadron RAF 1918. Homeward Bound - Sopwith Camel by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1190
139 Squadron RAF in North Italy, December 1917 Christmas Hunt - Bristol Fighter F2B by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1192
At 0154am, Pilot officer Les Knight in Avro Lancaster AJ-N transmitted the codeword Dinghy, the signal that the Eder Dam had been successfully breached. Although the target was undefended by flak, its location made it extremely difficult to hit. In fact, four of the five aircraft involved in the attack failed in their attempts and Knights was the last available aircraft carrying the last available bomb! Target Y The Eder Dam Raid, The Ruhr Valley, 17th May 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1217
On Christmas Day at 0745 hours, Maj.Barker and Lt Steve Hudson of No.28 Squadron, staged an unauthorized raid on the German aerodrome at San Fior, even dropping a holiday greeting - To the Austrian Flying Corps, with Christmas greetings from the RFC, along with liberal machine gun fire and twenty-pound Cooper bombs. Christmas Greetings from the RFC, North Italy, 25th December 1917 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1569
The most famous raid of the second world war, the audacious Dambusters raid by Lancasters of No.617 Sqn was to wreak havoc in Germanys industrial heartland. Two dams will be destroyed on the raid - the Mohne and the Eder, flooding the valleys below and stopping production in their factories, providing an immeasurable morale boost for those back home. Here, two of the modified bombers pass windmills on the Dutch canals as they make their way to the first target, their almighty roar shattering the stillness and disturbing some of the local wildlife. As they approach Germany in the moonlight, the bombers are well on the way to make history. Well on the Way to Make History - the Dambusters by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1701
Avro Lancaster AJ-P of Flt. Lt. Martin  617 Squadron releases the bomb that successfully breaches the Mohne dam. In the foreground the electrical substation is burning from a previous attack by Flt.Lt. Hopgood. GONER 58A - Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1776
H.S. Buccaneer SB, of 809 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, takes off from Belfast RAF Sydenham in 1974. Buccaneer by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0004
RAF De Havilland Mosquito FbIVs of 107 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Airforce on a night bombing mission of the French Railways, as part of the allied preparations for D-Day. Overture to Overlord by David PentlandClick For DetailsDP0006
Lt R Sterling and 2nd Lt J Owens - while flying contact patrol these officers displayed marked gallantry and endeavour, flying at altitudes from 500 to 1,000ft for 3 hours they successfully located the enemy defence lines (Extract from the commendation for DFC) Harry Tate RE8, France, 1st October 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0010
A Catalina flying boat of the Royal Air Force shown at anchor in the Indian Ocean at night. Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0020
Red Arrows Bae Hawk aircraft flying over Strangford Lough for the Newtownards airshow Red Arrows Over Strangford by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0027
Robrough, Southern England, August 1940. Pilots of 247 Squadron, tasked with defending Plymouth, race to their Gloster Gladiator IIs in response to an intruder alert. Originally stationed in the Shetlands the squadron had been sent south to support the hard pressed units of fighter command during the Battle of Britain. Scramble by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0189
Malta, 22nd June 1940. Some 12 days after the air battle for Malta began, the recently raised ad hoc Gladiator flight claimed its first confirmed victory. Flt. Lt. George Burges, and Flg. Off. <i>Timber</i> Woods were alerted to a lone S.79 from 219 Squadriglia on a reconnaissance sortie. They managed to intercept the intruder over Valetta, and although Timber's first attack was unsuccessful, Burges in <i>Charity</i> shot off the Savoia's port engine sending it crashing into the sea at Kalafrana. Charity by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0190
Bir el Gobi, North Africa, 8th August 1940. A full squadron sweep into Libya by 80 Squadron, designed to give the enemy a bloody nose was devised and implemented by Squadron Leader Paddy Dunn. In all 13 of the unit's Gloster Gladiators engaged some 16 Fiat Cr.42s and 2 Ro.37s, inflicting considerable damage on the enemy. Last to enter the fray were the top cover vic of Pat Pattle, Sid Richens and Greg Shorty Graham. By the end of the brief 5 minute battle 9 Italian aircraft were confirmed destroyed plus 6 probables. Textbook Attack by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0191
Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC of No. 87 Sqn in his Hurricane (LK-M) encounters heavy ground fire on a mission over the Allied raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Operation Jubilee by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0192
Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC of No. 87 Sqn is ferried back to the airfield of No.87 Sqn in a Master aircraft on 19th August 1942 after his Hurricane made a forced landing at East Den. Taxi Service by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0193
Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC of No. 87 Sqn strafes an enemy convoy in Hurricane LK-A during his second mission of the day to Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Strafing Run by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0194
Southern England, 19th August 1942. Alex Thom arrives safely at the airfield of No.87 Squadron in a Miles Master. He would immediately take off to return to Dieppe in Hurricane LK-A, seen in the background. Air Taxi by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0195
While on an early morning sortie over Dieppe to support the allied landing Operation Jubilee, the Hawker Hurricane IIc of Alex Thom sustained flak damage to its engine. Despite a severe oil leak he nursed his aircraft safely back to England where he made a successful forced landing. Danger Over Dieppe by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0196
Lancaster AJ-T of No.617 Sqn being towed by tractor to its dispersal slot by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. Tractor Girl by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0198
Lancaster of 617 Sqn refueling at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. Topping Up by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0199

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Bf109 G2 of Major Gunther Rall pursues and downs an unidentified Soviet aircraft over the Caucasus, Russia, early Autumn 1943. Rall went on to become the third highest scoring ace of all time, with 275 victories in only 621 missions. No Escape by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0575
A pair of ME109 G-14s of 9th Staffel, Jagdgeswader 54 (Greenheart Wing) make a final sortie during the last days of March 1945. The Last Patrol by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0581
Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few bursts of cannon fire before it passed through the British formation. The episode was witnessed by navigator Cecil Keys in the leading Lancaster QR/Y from 61 squadron on his last raid of the war. Lt. Schall, an ace with 117 kills, and 2nd highest jet ace of the war with 14 victories was killed the following day when his aircraft hit a bomb crater on landing at his base of Parchim. Jet Attack by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0582
German ace Lt. Fritz Roth of Jasta 23, flying an Albatross D.Va scores his first of three balloons in one days action. By the wars end he had accounted for 20 balloons and 8 Allied Aircraft. Balloon Buster, 25th January 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0781
The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys furious counter attack against the SS Tank Corps. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (C)Click For DetailsDHM1022
Rittmeister Karl Bolle Commander Jasta 2 early 1918. Alone in a Winter Sky - Fokker Triplane DR1 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1191
Following the initial parachute drops at Maleme (West) and Canea (Middle) Group East, comprising of Fallschirmjager Regiment 1 and 2nd battalion FJR2, prepared for their descent on Crete. Charged with the capture of Heraklion and its aerodrome, their departure was postponed until late afternoon due to the repairs and refuelling needed for the returning Junker 52 transports. The Second Wave, Greece, 20th May 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1412
A Bristol Fighter attempted to intercept a single giant Zeppelin Staaken R.IV bomber as it approached the heart of the capital. The Brisfit failed to stop the raider and R-39, with Hauptmann Richard Bentivegni, (commander of 501 Squadron) aboard, flew on unhindered to its target. Shadow Over London, England, 28th January 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1544
The Jasta was part of the Flying Circus, and one of the first units to receive and be fully equipped with the new Pfaltz DIII aircraft. In their capable hands this elegant aircraft proved an effective weapon. Jasta 10, Northern France Early September 1917 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1583
Projected nightfighter development of the Do335 with Jumo 222 engines and long span wings. Dornier 435 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0014
Abandoned Me 109G-10, 3rd Staffel JG4. The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0015
Projected nightfighter development of the Do 335 with DB603 LA Piston and He SO11A jet engines. Heinkel / Dornier 525b by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0016
Fokker DVII of Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 35b, flown by Leutnant Rudolf Stark, the new Jasta Commander. Behind the Lines, France 1918 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0019
An abandoned Me262 shown in 1945 at the end of world war two. The End by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0022
Junker Ju87B-1s of 7 Staffel, Stg 77 swoop down to attack coastal targets. This opening phase of the Battle of Britain was to prove very costly for the Stuka squadrons as they found they could no longer operate unescorted against the RAF. Stukas over England, South Coast, July 1940 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0129
Junker Ju87B-2 flown by Hauptmann Helmut Bruck. Stab I, Stg 77 targets a Royal navy ship during the Battle for Crete. The Stukas Prey, Crete, May 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0130
Junker Ju87D-3s of 7 Staffel, Stg 77 escorted by Me109Gs of JG52, during the epic Battle of Kursk. Target ahead, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0131
Walter Schuck and fellow pilot of JG5 Eismeer in front of a Me109F covered in tarpaulins as some protection against the weather in this most isolated and inhospitable theatre of the war. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945, and in that time claimed 198 victories. The Frozen North, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0140
Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. The New Unit, Kaltenkirchen, Germany 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0141
Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. Squadron Leader Schuck, Germany, Spring 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0142
Walter Schuck of JG5 Eismeer prepares to take off on patrol in his Me109F. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945, and in that time claimed 198 victories. Eagle in the Snow, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0143
St Nazaire, France, 1st January 1943. Leading the Focke Wulf 190s of III Gruppe, Jagdgeswader 2, Gruppenkommandeur Egon Mayer, cut a swathe through the attacking waves of US Eigth Airforce B17s. The recently developed tactic of the head on pass was proving successful against the daylight heavy bombers, with Mayer claiming 2 for himself in this engagement. Head on Pass by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0158
Borisov, Russia, 2nd July 1941. The battle for Minsk lasted 12 days, when it ended 300,000 soviet troops had been taken prisoner. In the air fierce battles were fought to smash an escape route to the citys defenders. It was during this chaos that Gerd Barkhorn scored his first victory against a Soviet DB-3 bomber. He had flown 120 missions throughout the Battle of Britain, and only succeeded in being shot down himself. It was only in Russia that his career really took off. By the end of the war he was credited with 301 victories in 1104 missions. Above the Cauldron by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0159
Crimea, 7th August 1943. While flying a late afternoon combat patrol with Otto Fonnekolds schwarm, from 5 staffel, JG52, Willi Batz witnessed a taran or ramming attack by a soviet fighter on a Luftwaffe Fw189 artillery spotter. Then a second Spitfire, which Batz mistook for an Aircobra attempted to finish off the crew which had just bailed out. At this point Batz was able to intervene and opened fire on the Spitfire forcing the Russian to take to his own parachute. This was to be his 12th victory, his final tally would be 237. Unfortunately for the German crew they were all captured on landing. Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0160
B78 Eindhoven, Holland, 1st January 1945. Major Heinz Bar, Kommodore of Jagdgeswader 3, bounces a flight of 438 Squadron RCAF Typhoons attempting to take off from Eindhoven airfield. His attack was merely the start of a massed attack by the entire JG3, some 60 aircraft, which were only several minutes behind him. Despite losing some 15 pilots killed or captured, the attack destroyed 44 aircraft on the ground, and 9 in the air, including 2 Typhoons by Major Bar. An additional 60 were badly damaged. Unhappy New Year by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0161
Riga, Latvia, 30th June 1944. Recently promoted Leutnant Otto <i>Bruno</i> Kittel. of 3 Staffel, JG54, chases his quarry at treetop level during a late evening sortie. The downing of this flying tank brought his tally on this day to 4, a Yak, a P39 and two Sturmoviks. Although not well known, Kittel was the fourth highest ranking ace, with 267 victories to his credit, including some 94 of the dreaded Sturmoviks. Hunting Sturmoviks by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0162
Gramatikovo, Russia, 19th March 1944. Oberleutnant Walter Wolfrum (Black 15) and wingman of 5 Staffel JG52 take off on a dawn patrol. By the end of the day Oberleutnant Wolfrum would have accounted for 5 Soviet aircraft. Early Risers by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0163
Zhitomir, Russia, February 1943. On 6th January 1943, Gefreiter Hugo Broch was posted to II./JG54 on the eastern front, and assigned to 6./JG54. His first combat experiences were as Kaczmarek (wingman) to Horst Adameit (166 victories) and Heinrich <i>Bazi</i> Sterr (130 victories) flying cannon-armed Me109G-2s against both Soviet air and ground targets. Jagers by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0164
St Nazaire, France, 3rd January 1943. The Fw190A4 of Georg-Peter <i>Schorsch</i> Eder, 7/JG2, streaks past <i>Meat Hound</i>, a B17F of th 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group en route to attack the U-boat pens at St Nazaire. Along with his Gruppenkommandeur Egon Mayer, it was Eder who pioneered the head on pass tactic against the Flying Fortresses. On this day he to achieve his thirteenth victory, and second B17. By the end of the war he had accounted for some 36 heavy bombers. Lucky 13 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0165
Adriatic coast, Greece, 20th Dece,ber 1943. 20mm cannon armed Messerschmitt 109G-6/R6 trop, flown by Oberleutnant Josef-Emil Clade, Staffelkapitan 7/JG27 <i>White 9</i> and his wingman <i>White 7</i>. Kannonenboot by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0166
Tunisia, North Africa, 4th January 1943. At 1600 hours, eight Fw190s from JG2 were scrambled from Kairouan airfield to intercept enemy aircraft flying recon over the Sbeitla and Fondouk areas. The Allied formation came from Thelepte airfield and consisted of 6 Spitfires from the US 4th Fighter Squadron, 52 Fighter Group, and 6 Spitfires from the US 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, escorting 5 P-39s. The Fw190s were south of Ousseltia when air combat with the escorting Spitfires began. It was during this engagement that Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Rudorffer <i>Yellow 1</i> of 6/JG2 claimed 2 of the American Spitfires. African Expedition by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0167
Etaples, Northern France, 13th October 1941. Me109F-4s of Stabsschwarm JG2, flown by Geschwaderkommodore Major Walter Oesau, Oberleutnant Erich Leie, Oberleutnant Rudolf <i>Rudi</i> Pflanz, and Gefreiter Gunther <i>Hupatz</i> Seeger. Each was a notable ace in his own right but together they were a formidable combination. On this sortie alone they accounted for 5 RAF Spitfires. Stabsschwarm by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0168
Franco-German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border <i>Frei Jagd</i> for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3./JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II/4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14 victories) the other by Ofw Erwin Kley. Wick was to go on to become one of the great aces of the Battle of Britain, achieving 56 victories before his death in November 1940. First Combat by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0169
Berlin, Germany, 24th April 1945. Following an escort mission near the capital, the Ta152H of Stabsschwarm JG301 encountered a group of Soviet Yak 9s. In the ensuing dogfight, Hauptmann Hermann Stahl was shot sown while Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke <i>Green 9</i> and Oberfeldwebel Walter Loos <i>Green 4</i> claimed 2 Yaks destroyed each. Last Days by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0170
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 6th April 1941. While escorting Stukas at the start of the German Balkan campaign, the Me109Es of JG54 were engaged by Me109Es of the Yugoslav air force. During the ensuing melee, ObLt. Hans-Ekkehard Bob claimed his 20th victory. Messerschmitt versus Messerschmitt by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0176
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 9th April 1941. An afternoon raid by III/Jg54 developed into a massive dogfight between the <i>Greenhearts</i> Me109Es and a squadron of Hurricanes and Ik3s. At the conclusion of the dogfight the Lufftwaffe had downed 3 aircraft, for the loss of 2 of their own. Oblt. Hans-Ekkehard Bob, claimed one of the indigenous Ik3 <i>Ikarus</i> fighters as his 21st victory. Ikarus Downed by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0177
Kedainiai, Lithuania, 23rd June 1941. Taking part in the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, Hans-Ekkehard Bob recorded his first victory in Russian airspace - a Tupolev SB-2 twin-engined bomber. During this combat action his Me 109F2 was hit by return fire, resulting in a forced landing behind enemy lines. He evaded capture and returned to his unit 2 days later. This was his 22nd victory. New Enemy by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0178
Cape Malyj-Korabelnye, Russia, 18th August 1943. While escorting Fw190s to attack Soviet shipping, ObLt. Schuck’s flight of Me109G2s from 8./JG5 attacked the four Soviet Hurricanes of 78 IAP/VVS which were on patrol over the boats. The Soviet formation leader, Mladshiy Leytenant Valeriy Kiritshenko, ordered his men to form a defensive Lufbery circle but this proved inadequate protection against Schucks determined attack. Breaking into the Ring he first downed Kitshenko, and then pursued and shot down a second Hurricane.Breaking the Ring by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0181
Neumünster, Germany, 24th March 1945. Four days after his first flight in an Me262, ObLt. Walter Schuck and his wingman engaged an F5 Lightning escorted by two P51 Mustangs. His wingman downed the F5, and in the subsequent chase Schuck claimed the 2 Mustangs. The New Steed by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0182
Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass. Deadly Pass by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0183
Isle of Wight, England, 28th November 1940. Late in the afternoon, the Me109s of JG2 took off on a Frei Jagd or fighter sweep over southern England. At its head, and leading the Stabschwarm was the Geschwaderkommodore Helmut Wick, along with his wingmen Erich Leie, Rudolf Pflanz, and Erich Rudorffer. When RAF Spitfires were sighted Wick gave the order to engage and the staff flight pulled away to give battle - it was to be his final dogfight. In the ensuing battle, Wick, Pflanz, and Gunther Seeger each claimed a Spitfire, but Wick in turn was lost to the RAF. Tip of the Spear by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0184
South of Alexandria, Egypt, 7th August 1942. When a pair of Me109Fs from JG27 unexpectedly encountered a lumbering Bristol Bombay and downed it, they were unaware of the full significance of their action. It was only on their return to base that Emil Clade and Bernd Schneider heard that Lt. General <i>Strafer</i> Gott the formidable new commander of the 8th Army had perished on the fallen transport. His death opened the way for his replacement, General Montgomery. Hand of Fate by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0185
Tournai, France, 19th May 1940. While on an escort mission for He111s, the Me109Es of 4 Staffel JG2 were engaged by the RAF Hurricanes of 87 Squadron. In the ensuing battle Staffelkapitan Hans <i>Assi</i> Hahn and his trusty wingman Julius Meimberg claimed a Hurricane each. Assi and Julius by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0186
Sussex Coast, England, 16th August 1940. For Donald MacDonald, Squadron leader of 64 Squadron, this particular day was fairly eventful. Catching the JG54 fighters and III/KG55 bombers on the coast, he personally accounted for one Me109E destroyed, another damaged, and a third probable. Continuing his attack he shared in the destruction of a He111P-2, and heavily damaged a second. Spitfire! by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0187
Portland, England, 30th September 1940. Already an accomplished Spitfire ace with at least 10 confirmed kills, Bob Doe had just transferred from 234 squadron to 238 Hurricane squadron when he intercepted and brought down a Heinkel He111P-2 from I/KG55 <i>Griffin</i> Geschwader. Doe's Griffin by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0188
Heligoland, German coast, 18th December 1939. Johannes <i>Macky</i> Steinhoff attacking Vickers Wellington bombers of No.37 Sqn. A raiding force of 22 RAF Wellington Ia bombers from 9, 37 and 149 squadrons was intercepted by some 60 Me109 and Me110s. First to engage were 6 Me109Ds from Oberleutnant Johannes <i>Macki</i> Steinhoff ‘s NG26’s experimental night fighter staffel. In the running battle that followed Steinhoff and Feldwebel Szuggar claimed 1 bomber each. It was a disasterous day for the RAF with a total of 12 aircraft being shot down and another 6 crash landing on their return to England.Battle of the Bight by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0197
Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over Warzyn airfield, Poland, 24th August 1944. Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over JG52’s 9th Staffel home field. Four days later he was awarded the Knights cross with diamonds as the first pilot to achieve this score.Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0200
Leutnant Walter <i>Count Punski</i> Krupinski of 4 Staffel, JG52 downs a Soviet R5 biplane on 25th September 1942. By the end of the day, 4 enemy aircraft would fall prey to his guns. One month later he received the Ritterkreutz having claimed 56 victories.The Count by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsDP0201

David Pentland American Aviation Prints

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Lockheed Vega PV-1 VB32 Squadron in the Santaren Channel. From this point on the U-boat was hunted and harassed only to be sunk in the Bay of Biscay. The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland. (B)Click For DetailsDHM0571
Phantom II of US Marine Corps, VMFA-531 (Grey Ghosts) Vietnam, Danang April 1965. Phantom II by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0583
P51D of Colonel Glenn Duncan C.O. of the 353rd Fighter Group, along with Betty-E flown by Lt. Colonel Wayne Blickenstaff, taking off on one of their last missions of the war, April 1945. Dove of Peace by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0780
F86A Sabre of Col. Jack W. Hayes ex-cavalry, bomber and Mustang pilot, attempting to intercept a Russian MIG 15 flown by Soviet ace Casey Jones, over the Yalu river, Korea, February 1952. Cavalry Sabre by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0782
On the 12th May 1944, Col. Hubert Zemke tried his new fan tactic, designed to engage Luftwaffe fighters. Unfortunately on this occasion his aircraft was bounced by German ace Major Gunther Rall in his ME109 G-6AS, and escaped only by sending his P47-D Thunderbolt into a gut wrenching dive. Zemkes First Fan by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0795
6th August 1945, Col. Paul Tibbets puts his aircraft, Enola Gay, into a violent turn to evade the blast of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This marked a turning point in the war and history. Turning Point by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0796
Aircraft number 2247, flown by Lt McElroy, attacks the Yokosuka Yard near Tokyo. He was one of the 18 B25 Mitchell bombers which took part in the famous retaliatory raid on Japan. Doolittle Raider, Tokyo, April 18th 1942 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1183
As the four P51D Mustangs of Major William T Haltons Yellow Flight, 487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch, they found themselves in the middle of a massive German attack. That New Years Day the Luftwaffe had launched hundreds of aircraft in low level raids against the allied airfields across Northern France and Belgium. The unexpected take-off by the 487th however, ended Jagdgeswader 11s chances of success, with Yellow Flight alone claiming 9 enemy aircraft destroyed. Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1570
Grumman panther F9F / 5s of Marine Squadron VM311 flown by Boston Redsox Baseball star Ted Williams and future Astronaut John Glenn take off from K3 Airbase Pohang, on a ground support mission. Panther Pack, Korea, March 1953 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0001
Boeing B29 Superfortresses of the USAAF 40th Bomb Group come under attack from a Kawasaki Ki64 Hein (Tony) of the Japanese Army Airforces 244th Sentai. Mission to Yokohama, Japan, June 1944 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0008
Martin Mauler in a hypothetical attack on a Soviet Cruiser. The aircraft attained limited production and use, but never saw action. Cuban Crisis 1960s by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0034

David Pentland Other Aviation Prints

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French Armee de L air Curtiss Hawk 75As flown by Czech ace Frantisele Pevina and his squadron Commander Captaine Jean Accaut, dive on unsuspecting Junker Ju87Bs (Stukas) during the Battle of France 1940. Czech - Mate by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0580
On Stalins personal orders, Petlyako PE-8 bombers, led by the hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Mikhal V. Vodopyanov, carry out their only raid on the German capital of Berlin. Red Stars Over Berlin, 12th August 1941 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0775
British Midlands 737 (300 series) en route from London to Belfast. 1993. Boeing 737 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0777
Soviet Ace Stefanov claims two Italian SM81 Bombers during a night interception over Barcelona, Spanish Civil War 1937. Patrule De Noche by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0787
Hypothetical engagement, Soviet airforce MIG19 shoots down a USAF RB47 Stratofortress during the 1960s. Cold War Gone Hot by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0799
Albatros DV piloted by Austro-Hungarian Ace Lt. Josef Kiss, Austrian Alps in December 1917. Christmas Kiss - Albatros DV by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1193
French Spad VIIs of the famous Groupe de Combat 12 Les Cigognes (The Storks) during a relative lull on the front. Shown here are some of the famous names of Escadrille N3, Capitaine Georges Guynemer (No.2) , Capitaine Alfred Auger (No.6) , Sous Lt. Georges Raymond (No.9) and Adjutant Rene Guilliaumot (No.13) Mustering of Storks, Bonnemaison, France, 4th July 1917 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1545
Mig21MF, East German Airforce. Such aircraft were the mainstay of the Warsaw Pact forces from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Cold War Warrior by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0003
Yakolev Yak-3s of the Normandie Nedimen Regiment,, flown by French aces Marcel Albert in the foreground and Maurice Amarger down a Focke Wulf 190 over Stalluponen. Skirmish Over Stalluponen by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0007
Rumanian IAR 80c on a tactical reconnaissance mission is intercepted and shot down by a Soviet YAK3 over the river Dnepr. Duel on the Dnepr, Southen Russia, Summer 1943 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0013
Porucznik Stanislaw Skalski of 142nd Eskrada, flying a Polish airforce PZL P-11c, downs a Messerschmitt 110 during the first days of WWII. Although officially credited as a Dornier bomber, it is now believed that the aircraft was an Me110 from 1/ZG1. The discrepancy is attributed to the fact that the reported aircraft used nose mounted cannons unlike the Dornier, and up until then the 110 was a well kept secret. Opening Gambit, Poland, 2nd September 1939 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0017
British European Airways aircraft enroute to Northern Ireland. Vickers Vanguard 1970s by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0024
British Caledonian Airways BAC one-eleven over Aldergrove. BAC111 (One Eleven) 1980s by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0028
Ulster Airways Dakota landing at Aldergrove airport. Air Ulster DC3 Dakota, 1960s by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0029
British European Airways aircraft on the London/Belfast route. BA Trident by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0030
Cargo Carrier Northeast aircraft over Belfast Lough. Vickers Viscount by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0031
Lockheed Vega flying from America to Lithuania on a second transatlantic attempt. Lithuanica II by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0033
Ostrov, Latvia, 6th July 1941. Tasked with supporting the advancing German ground forces through Latvia, the fighters of 9th Staffel JG54 were kept busy keeping the Red Airforce at bay. On this occasion Oblt. Hans-Ekkehard Bob, downed 3 Tupolev SB-2 bombers during a single sortie. His 27th, 28th and 29th victories. Bombers Bane by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0179
Krasnowardeist, Russia, 21st September 1941. Oblt. Hans-Ekkehard Bob claimed his 36th victory over a Soviet Polikarpov I-153 as the German forces surged towards Leningrad. Although an obsolete design, the I-153 was a very manoeuvrable and potentially deadly foe. A Nimble Foe by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0180

David Pentland Royal Navy Prints

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A swordfish from HMS Warspite on patrol off the coast of Egypt, near the port of Alexandria. Out of Alex by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM0790

David Pentland United States Navy Prints

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USCS Ranger captained by John Paul Jones attacks and defeats HMS Drake of the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough. This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy. Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0005
United States Navy Battleship, USS Nevada (foreground) and cruisers, HMS Glasgow (centre) and USS Quincy assembling in Belfast Lough in preparation for D-Day. Task Force 129 by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0025

David Pentland Star Wars Art

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Only this authorised original Star Wars painting is available.Podwalkers by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsSW0001
Only this authorised original Star Wars painting is available.Clash on Kothlis by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsSW0002
Only this authorised original Star Wars painting is available.Juggernauts, Battle of Kashyyyk by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsSW0004
Only this authorised original Star Wars painting is available.Uninvited Visitors by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsSW0005
Only this authorised original Star Wars painting is available.Commando Raid on Kothlis by David Pentland. (P)Click For DetailsSW0016

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