Then the trouble began. Peeling out of the sun came shining silver German fighter planes, diving at one bomber in the formation and disappearing below the cloudbanks as quickly as they had come.

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 all metal cantilever single engined, low wing monoplane fighter aircraft with flush riveted duralumin skin. Its werke nummer is 163824. Fuselage is oval section monocoque ...