HAPPY NEW YEAR - Gareth Hector
{"Image DocumentName": "HAPPY NEW YEAR - Gareth Hector", "Image ImageDescription": "January 1st All across western Europe airfields are thrown into chaos as the Luftwaffe unleashes a desperate surprise offensive to destroy allied air power on the ground. Operation Bodenplatte would instead result in the death knell for the once formidable German air force. However there were some successes, Eindhoven the home of the RAF s 2nd TAF was hit hard, firstly by Jg-3 and then in a case of mistaken identity by Jg-6. It was the latter strike I wanted to show, the airfield is already burning from the first attack when Jg-6 s 1st Gruppe race across the airfield causing even more damage. Red 12 belonged to Ewald Trost, he was luckier than most as his aircraft was shot down but he survived and was taken prisoner. Ironically the 1st Gruppe was to enjoy the most success for Jg-6 that day, the rest of the unit couldn t find their designated target at Volkel and as a result found themselves simply trying to stay alive and get home. HAPPY NEW YEAR - Gareth Hector. 1 ENE Operaci\u00f3n \u2018Bodenplatte\u2019: Cazabombarderos Fw190 del JG-6 arrasan el aer\u00f3dromo de Eindhoven (Holanda) en un ataque sorpresa al amanecer.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}