HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman (AP) SIG1272 He was the only pilot

He was the only pilot of the US Air Force to down enemy aircraft in the European Theater

By the end of the war these two tank commanders had destroyed 103 and 106 enemy tanks respectively

Tribute to Capitano Antonio Raffi by Ivan Berryman

Pilot Officer Harbourne Stephen DFC

With the departure of No 1 Group in May 1943

HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman (AP) SIG1272 He was the only pilotDHM1271AP. HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. In the early morning murk of 24th May 1941, the forward 15in guns of HMS Hood fire the first shots against the mighty German battleship Bismarck. Both Bismarck and her escort, the Prinz Eugen, immediately responded, the latter causing a fierce fire on Hoods upper deck, while plunging shot from Bismarck penetrated deep into the British ships hull, causing an explosion that ripped the