U-861 - Tribute to Jürgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. SHN469 flew his aircraft

flew his aircraft

B-24 Liberators of the Army Air Force pound the harbor and docks below whilst the Marines Corps pilots of VMF 214 - the famous Black Sheep Squadron - provide top cover in their F4U Corsairs

Piet Cronje at Paardeburg on 27th February 1900

and accounting for many more on the ground

500 Syrian tanks backed by artillery thrust west towards Israel

U-861 - Tribute to Jürgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. SHN469 flew his aircraftDHM6792. U 861 Tribute to Jrgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. Launched in 1943, U 861 was a Type IXD2 submarine commanded by Jrgen Oesten. Having previously commanded U 61 and U 106 successfully, he took U 861 to the Far East on a journey that took several months, sinking ships off Brazil and Madagascar on the way. Returning in early 1945, the submarine struck an iceberg off Greenland but managed to reach Trondheim in Norway without any casualties. Here,