B-24 Calvert 'N Coke Graphics Set Scale:1/9

B-24 Calvert 'N Coke Graphics Set Scale:1/9On 12 November 1943, "Calvert 'n Coke" was assigned a typical 10+ hour operational sortie over the Bay of Biscay. During the mission she encountered U 508, commanded by Kapitnleutnant Georg Staats, apparently running on the surface out of Lorient. Little is known about the combat that ensued, but the encounter took place on the evening of the 12th, north of Cape Ortegal, Spain, at approximately 46. 00N, 07. 30W. The only radio call from the PB4Y 1 was

Chuck Yeager shot down a Messerschmidt Me 109 that day

Flown by Oberleutnant Hubert "Hubs" Müterich

P-40N-5-CU Unit: 45th FS

BuNo 160264

force-landing another Spitfire

50 caliber machine guns and knocked out one of its two engines

Vb 'Buckeye Don'

also produced 42 Aces (pilots with five or more victories in the air)

Spitfire Mk Ia R6694 DW-F flown by Plt Off COJ Pegge of No 610 Sqn

February-May 1943

He become Medal of Honor winner

Canoas-Brazil in 1944