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
10219970
Media ID
45995789
Size
6350px x 4553px
(4.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Bryan de Grineau in The Illustrated London News', 30 November 1940, page 696-7
Date
1940
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