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| Picture No | 10219970 |
| Date | 1940 |
| Description | Flight Lieut. Nicolson winning the Victoria Cross |
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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.
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| Source | Illustration by Bryan de Grineau in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 30 November 1940, page 696-7 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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