U-47 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG467 Hans-Joachim Buddecke was only the

Hans-Joachim Buddecke was only the third ace to be awarded the Blue Max (after Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke)

the Sturmgruppe aimed for the less well defended centre of the stream

While his company commander sought support from the Iraqi police

It is March 1945 and the P-38s of the 475th FG are involved in a huge dogfight with Japanese Zeros over the coast of Indo-China

Flight Lieutenant Brian Beattie

U-47 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG467 Hans-Joachim Buddecke was only theDHM6752AP. U 47 by Ivan Berryman. Under the command of Gnther Prien, the deadly U 47 became the 10th most successful U Boat of World War Two in terms of tonnage sunk. However, on 8th October 1939 she sank the British battleship HMS Royak Oak within Scapa Flow, the main British naval base of the war, despite the anti submarine measures in place. The submarine was presumed lost with all hands when she failed to return from her 10th patrol in March 1941,