he shot down three Me109s in a day and three Fw190s another day
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177 bombers that were stationed there
Hook received a head wound when a spear struck off his helmet
With its Allison engine the early P-51s were no match for German Bf-109s or FW-190s
Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. (AP) REG171 he shot down three Me109sDHM1394AP. Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13. 00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that