U-997 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) REG7 an RAF Lockheed C130 Hercules

an RAF Lockheed C130 Hercules climbs away from a successful pickup on a remote airstrip

Captain Roy Brown engages the Red Baron

At this point they came head on to British Sherman tanks

P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below

U-997 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) REG7 an RAF Lockheed C130 HerculesDHM6753AP. U 997 by Ivan Berryman. A Type VIIC U boat, U 997 was one of lucky ones to survive the war. One of around 700 of the Type VIIs the workhorse of the German U boat threat it was an example of the 91 Type VIIC 41 variety, one of which is the only surviving Type VII in existence (U 995 is a memorial in Germany). U 997 served between September 1943 and the end of the war when the submarine was surrendered and subsequently sunk by Allied aircraft