The knocked out M4 Sherman tank of 2nd-Lt James 'Red' Harris of 'A' Company. Harris and most of his crew were killed while defending the 3rd Battalion/7th Infantry Regiment HQ from a German attack. Harris was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for this action.A Heinkel He 111 rolling towards its heavily guarded revetment. A groundcrew member looking out of the cockpit gives the pilot instructions to prevent hitting trees and other obstacles. Please note the flame damper on the exhaust pipes and the carrier for the V-1 on the right hand side of the fuselage! This picture was taken between September 13 and October 7m 1944 with 1.Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) on Varrelbusch airfield. The Staffel operated from September 16 from this base with V-1’s against England. The V-1’s were to be released over the North Sea. The missions were flown at low level to prevent detection by British radar. After release of the flying bomb, the bomb was directed to its target by a fixed bearing and fuel load. The losses of KG 53 were high, mainly caused by Allied nightfighters and bad weather.
