Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. NRG46 Marshall became embroiled in a

Marshall became embroiled in a fight with troopers of the French 5th Cuirassiers

but the concept was brilliant

a low flying RAF Douglas Boston of 88 Squadron defies hostile fire to lay a protective smoke screen over the first wave of British troops approaching the invasion beaches

26th May 1941

Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. NRG46 Marshall became embroiled in aNT0315. Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, and both sides knew it. JG 27, having cut its teeth in the battles of France and Britain, was the first Luftwaffe unit to arrive in North Africa.