One in the Bag by Ivan Berryman. A German Albatross D-III sees off a Bristol Fighter among the clouds over the Western Front, early in 1917. The D-III was a massive improvement over the
monoplanes of the time, possessing greater manoeuvrability, a higher ceiling and synchronized guns. Many German aces thought this the best fighter of the First World War.
Difficult Journey
Home by Ivan Berryman. Handley Page 0/400s are attacked by German Albatross
fighters as they return home from a raid during 1918.
McCudden, VC by Ivan
Berryman. Major James McCudden is pictured in his 56 Sqn S.E.5a B519 on a patrol during August 1917. In this month alone, he shot down four Albatross
DVs. His final tally of victories totalled a remarkable 57 before he was killed in a flying accident in 1918.
Final Days by Ivan
Berryman. Fokker DR.1 Triplane 425/17 of Manfred von
Richthofen, accompanied by a Fokker. D.VII
wingman, swoops from a high patrol early in 1918. 425/17 was the aircraft in which the
Red Baron finally met his end in April of that year, no fewer than 17 of his victories having been scored in his red-painted
triplane.
