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23 June 1943. Oberleutnant Armin Faber of Stab III/JG2 "Richthofen" in combat over Devon with Sergeant Trejtnar of 310 Squadron. Shortly afterwards, Faber's FW190 fell intact into Allied hands when he mistakenly landed at RAF Pembrey.
The final flight of Victor Chapman, the first US airman to lose his life in combat. Flying his Nieuport 16 on 23 June 1916.
Top to bottom, Sous Lieutenant William Louis Max Herisson’s Nieuport 24 N3987, SPAD XII and SPAD VII.
15 June 1918. Maggiore Francesco Baracca shot down an Albatros DIII 153.266 in his Spad VII, his 34th and final victory. The pilot, Leutnant Sigmund von Josipovich came down unharmed in a cornfield near Olmi, San Biagio di Callalta and taken prisoner.
Hunting Party - Bristol F2B, Lieutenant Keith Park leading, 1917. Art by Lee Lacey.
11 June 1911. First flight of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1. British experimental aircraft pusher biplane with large balanced fore-elevators built at the Army Balloon Factory at Farnborough. First in the series of Royal Aircraft Factory designs.