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Operation Mercury
Slow, frail, out-dated and hopelessly outnumbered, Gladiator biplanes of 112
Squadron RAF tenaciously throw themselves into the fray, attacking Luftwaffe
fighter-bombers in the battle for Crete, in April 1941. This painting shows
Me110Cs of II./ZG76, having attacked naval units off the coast of Crete in early
May 1941, being bravely intercepted by two Gladiators of 112 Squadron. Heavily
outnumbered, the best the RAF pilots can hope for is to disrupt the Luftwaffe
formation. And this they continued to do until, literally, they had no more
aircraft left! |
