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Lieutenant Jacques de Saint Phalle
Escaping occupied France in 1942. Jacques was smuggled to England by American embassy staff in Madrid. Desperate to join the Free French Air Force he failed to tell his superiors that he never flown before! Volunteering quickly to fly in Russia. He was never found out. Arriving on the eastern front in late 1943 he flew 100 missions with the Normandie Niemen. Although de Saint Phalle himself flew more than 100 missions he had only one confirmed kill, shooting down an Fw 190. His own Yak fighter had already been riddled with bullets and he was forced to crash-land as he saw his enemy's plane explode. In 1945 Jacques joined Air France and completed 30 years service retiring as a senior 747 Captain. Passed away 15th June 2010.
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Russian Roulette by Robert Taylor. A Soviet Yak 3 hurtles towards us in a typically daring head-on attack on a Bf109. Other Yaks wheel and turn frantically in search of the enemy. Casualties on both sides are evident. Away into the distant horizon stretches a vast Russian sky, painted in Roberts inimitable style: soon all will be quiet again until the next ferocious encounter. |
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