A few more weeks of coolness before the sun and the dunes ...
Willkommen in Babylon!
Aircraft carrier "Franz von Hipper" / Red Sea / March 1948
"Le Lion" / Tribute to Joseph KESSEL
Medium combat walker M2B "Hot Dog" / Piove di Sacco (Northern Italy) / July 1947
The Wind / The Rain
Postkarte / Deutsche Reichspost / 1948.
Survey / Eastern Front /July 1947
« Do not be sad, soldiers, silver sun rises », Motto of the 1st Battalion of the Daugavgriva.
Devouring Time
Unexpected meeting at night
Killing Zone
„Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß…“ Rainer Maria Rilke, in « Herbsttag »
Dog Fight
Hedgehopping / P48C "Pelican" of the 704th squadron of the Royal Navy / April 1948.
« When from the slope side of a suburb hill, Deafening the swallow’s twitter, came a thrill Of trumpets - Lycius started - the sounds fled, But left a thought, a buzzing in his head. » John Keats in « Lamia », 1820
Aircraft carrier "Flugzeugträger B" / Black Sea / June 1947.
Horten HO-347 firing a X-4 missile / Autumn 1946.
Somewhere between Stalingrad and Zverograd / Scouts of the 17th Panzer Division / September 3rd 1947
A P48C "Pelican" ("Flotille 44 F", French Navy Air Forces) lands on the aircraft carrier "Denfert-Rochereau" / November 1947 / off the coast of Morocco
« O God of battles, steel my soldiers' hearts. » (Shakespeare , Henry V , Act 4, Scene 1)