Following a few months of training he was made an observer and was sent to France to fly with No
500 combat missions in Ju87s
From an air force teetering on extinction in the dark days of 1940
planted it with military settlers and appointed Ethelred Ealdorman of Mercia as its governor
River Crossing
Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March - 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. (AP) WAR68 Following a few months ofDP0151AP. Hubes Pocket, Kamenez Podolsk, Russia, 26th March 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. Among those encircled in the pocket were the men and guns of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 301. During the breakout, through two Soviet Tank Armies and across four rivers the Sturmgeschutz cleared the way for the infantry and others to pass through. Special mention was given to the heroic actions of Hauptmann Sekirka, the brigade commander, and Wachtmeister Walter