Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (B) PER530 2 was to fall victim

2 was to fall victim to inter government wrangling and the absurd belief by those in power in the mid 1960's that the days of the manned fighter aircraft were over and that all future conflicts would be fought with missiles

Signed by Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann

briefly serving in north Russia during their civil war in 1919 before serving in China during the 1920s

Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 53cm)

Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (B) PER530 2 was to fall victimDHM1022B. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys