[max_thehitman]

Hello again, here are some real Ace stories you might like to see.
This is a second post, as it seems that some people have problems with their
internet connections and the last thread posted (part 1) is loading for you slowly
due to the pictures in there. I will now only post 5 stories for each thread, alright.
So, with that in mind, here is a part 2

Hope you enjoy,
Cheers,
MAX_theHitman

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Todays story was written by the actual WW2 French Ace Pierre Clostermann.
Pierre wrote a world famous book about his days in WW2,

[Ectoflyer]

An episode superbly rendered! hock:

Clostermann and his "Big Show" (Le Grand Cirque), I don't remeber how many times I have re-read
it since the first time...is the best aviation book ever written, for me!

Surely many know it, however there is a short interview with him in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDGzT-0zSZA
in french

[max_thehitman]

Thanks , glad you enjoy the image. I tried my best to recreate the same thing as it happened in the actul story.
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[KG64_Cnopicilin]

Those pics are some awesome-nice-great ones

[CUJO_1970]

Wow, I wonder who the German pilot was? Doing a half-roll over Closterman's Tempest, looking down at him canopy to canopy...that kid knew how to fly!

[Messer]

I doubt he was a kid - more likely some of the "old hares". Not only did he shoot down an ace in a good plane, but he also busted another Tempest on his first attack. And all alone at that... :roll:

You really need to have a lot of guts to do that on the last few days of the war.

[Ectoflyer]

Wow, I wonder who the German pilot was? ...

In the interview Clostermann says he never knew exactly who was the german pilot.
He remarks like these pilots with great experience began their carrier in Spain
and then flyed in Poland, France, Africa, Russia and still were fighting;
RAF pilots -he says- made 90/100 or 110 missions and later they gained a period of rest.
No rest was given to Luftwaffe pilots: as consequence, when allies crossed a survivor
of these old pilots, there were nothing to do...just escape!


Thanks for link, Max! DLed all comics plates...

[Eckhart]

This is one of my preferred stories about Pierre Clostermann. He was not only an extraordinary fighter pilot but a true gentleman and a great writer ("... no great book came out of WWII except the Big Show from Clostermann" William Faulkner!).

Like Malan he had a great sense for chivalry and remains therefore one of the last knights of the sky!

Thank you Max for making this great picture. Would this be available as a "wallpaper" for a wide screen? :wink:

By the way, your download link regarding the Big Show doesn't work anymore...I would have loved to see those pictures.

THANK YOU Max!

Cheers,

Eckhart

[Ectoflyer]

By the way, your download link regarding the Big Show doesn't work anymore...

No, it doesn't work, but simply go to: http://inter.action.free.fr/ and then in the left menu column choose "pantheon", then, in the page that you get, look for Clostermann and you'll see the clickable image of comics (and many other interesting things :wink: )
And, I agree, I too would like Max artworks as wallpapers

[Eckhart]

Merci les amis alsaciens!!!

En r

[max_thehitman]

Here is todays story ....

" For Country and Honour "

This image is inspired by a true aviation combat scene over the skies of London during the Battle of Britain in WWII.
Sergeant Ray Holmes was a highly experienced pilot by the time of the Battle of Britain. He had joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) soon after its formation in 1936.Indeed he was only the 55th man to join. Flying with 504 Squadron it was from Hendon that Ray took off from to intercept the midday Luftwaffe raid on London, 15th September 1940.Ray Holmes ramming of a Dornier bomber over London has over the years become one of the most celebrated events of the Battle of Britain. Largely this is because of the heroic act itself, but the fact that the German enemy bomber crashed in such a public place and there was no loss of (English) life helped. And then the fact that the incident was filmed also helped.
His airplane ran out of bullets so he decided to ram the bomber. With a closing speed well in excess of 400mph, the result was instantaneous and catastrophic. The Dornier

[Ectoflyer]

Wow, you really must have guts to do such a thing... hock:
Thank you Max
PS
Which programs you use for your artworks?

[max_thehitman]

Helloo again Ectoflyer, sorry for the late response to your question good buddy.
I only use Photoshop version 7... but it