14 May 1942 - Artist Claes Sundin's Images

Here follows profile artist Claes Sundin's images of the mission over the Kharkov area on 14 May 1942, when Graf & Grislawski flew together and they ran into eight Yak-1s, of which they shot down six--with one of them ending up as Hermann Graf's 100th victory. This is described in Chapter 1, "The Contrast of Air War", in the book Graf & Grislawski: A Pair of Aces. There are in total eight images, one on each page.

Click here to go to Claes Sundin's next Image of Graf's & Grislawski's 14 May 1942 Mission

 

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