Josef Kiss is depicted attacking a flight of Caproni Ca
the most notable being the occasion when he landed his Mustang on an uncompleted Normandy landing strip and flew one of his downed pilots home on his lap
and praise from bomber crews for their escort tactics
it would be an aerial carpet of flak that welcomed the bombers en route to the target - and again on the journey home
Ever since it has been known as Pegasus Bridge in honour of the airborne forces winged horse emblem
Hornisse, Central Russia, November 1943 by David Pentland. (B) SIG35 Josef Kiss is depicted attackingDP0144B. Hornisse, Central Russia, November 1943 by David Pentland. 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. Signed by Sturmann Karl Heinz Decker. Signature