Flight Lieut. Nicolson winning the Victoria Cross
Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson shooting down a Messerschmitt 110 fighter-bomber over Southampton on 16th August 1940. Nicolson won the Victoria Cross for this action because he had already been badly wounded in the dog-fight and his own airplane, a Hawker Hurricane, was on fire
Picture No
13731566
Media ID
45399860
Size
6175px x 3921px
(1.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Bryan de Grineau in ?The Illustrated London News?, 30 November 1940, page 696-7. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1940
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