Having been initially intercepted by just three ageing Gloster Gladiators
is completely surprised by this ferocious attack so late in the afternoon
Herself a veteran of much action in the early part of the war
Having already scored his first victory by shooting down an I-15 during the Spanish Civil War
His final total reached 18 before his death is a flying accident in 1943
Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. (D) SPE36 Having been initially intercepted byDHM1196D. Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Below the vast bulk of the Zoo Bunker one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air attack, some remnants of the citys defenders gather in an attempt to break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjager and Munchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company,