Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. SIG35 The burning

The burning

Hubert Zemke tried his new fan tactic

On the night of 13th August 1943

7 (Stirlings) 35 (Halifax) 83 (Lancaster) and 156 (Wellingtons) - were based at a clutch of airfields between Cambridge and Huntingdon

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Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. SIG35 The burningDHM2111. Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. Australian Ace Dick Cresswell tangles with a Japanese Zero in the humid air of the tropics over New Guinea during an encounter in 1942. Flying a P 40E Kittyhawk with the insignia of 77 Squadron, RAAF blazoned on his aircraft, Cresswell makes a head on pass leaving the enemy aircraft streaming smoke. Immortalised by the Flying Tigers, the P 40 was a fine combat aircraft that operated in the Pacific,