The Last Bridge by David Pentland. SIG795 Douglas DC-6B N6103C Clipper Virginia

Douglas DC-6B N6103C Clipper Virginia of Pan American World Airways is depicted at Berlin's Tempelhof airport in the mid 1960s

All these aircraft were based at Rattlesden

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson GCB CBE AFC (deceased)

Tailgunner by Graeme Lothian

There are two elements that are hidden in this painting: an animal (no

The Last Bridge by David Pentland. SIG795 Douglas DC-6B N6103C Clipper VirginiaDHM6326. The Last Bridge by David Pentland. Floridsdorf, Vienna, 3th April 1945. By mid April the Soviet assault had almost cleared German resistance from the south bank of the Danube. Only one small bridgehead remained open to allow troops a chance to escape, and this exit was defended by only 2 tanks and a few anti tank guns. Defending the eastern approaches to the bridge was the Panther tank of SS Obersturmfuhrer Arnold Friesen, 2nd SS Panzer