Tribute to Heinz Lange by Ivan Berryman. (AP) ART821 May 1945 by David Pentland

May 1945 by David Pentland

Their success contributed towards Adolf Hitler issuing his Kommandobefehl order to execute all captured enemy personnel of the type now called the Special Forces

and the carefully researched landscape showing the south-eastern tip of the British Isles as it was in 1940

Then a second Spitfire

Tribute to Heinz Lange by Ivan Berryman. (AP) ART821 May 1945 by David PentlandDHM6734AP. Tribute to Heinz Lange by Ivan Berryman. Flying with JG21 at the outbreak of World War Two, Heinz Lange claimed his first victory in October 1939. Transferring to JG54, he flew 76 missions throughout the Battle of Britain, then scored 7 victories in the first week of the invasion of Russia. He commanded 1. JG54 from October 1941, then 3. JG51 from 1942 to 1944 before returning to JG54, then led IV. JG51. He is shown here in Bf109 F 2 of 1.