Picture No | 10652686 |
Date | 11 November 1940 |
Description | British Hurricane ramming Italian raider by G. H. Davis |
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The new technique in air attack during the Second World War: a British Hurricane ramming an Italian raider in mid-air. The British pilot said of the incident: 'I was overtaking him very fast when my gun jammed. I carried on and rammed his upper port wing with my air screw, tearing a large part off the wing.' Showing the moment of impact, before the enemy aircraft crashed.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 23 November 1940, pp672-3 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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