Tempest Moon by Ivan Berryman. REG249 Sergeant E H Ted Manners

Sergeant E H Ted Manners

Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their new night fighter when the P61 Black Widow entered service in the spring of 1944

48 Strand London 1816 from the series entitled Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 -1815

Signed by Rusty Russell

Tempest Moon by Ivan Berryman. REG249 Sergeant E H Ted MannersB0517. Tempest Moon by Ivan Berryman. Three 501 Sqn Hawker Tempests roar low across the North Sea outbound from Bradwell Bay, Essex, on their way to attack a German airfield at Bad Zwischehhan and nearby rail yards on the night of 2nd October 1944. The trio comprised of Sqn Ldr Joseph Berry, flying EJ600 (SD F), Flt Lt E L 'Willy' Williams (SD L) and Flt Lt C A 'Horry' Hansen. Berry was to lose his life on this mission, his aircraft being hit by