Contents: The Captured Hellcat – Martin Ferkl describes the fate of a VF-44 Hellcat, BuNo 71441, which performed a crashed landing near Kobi, Formosa, on January 4, 1945. Two colour profiles show the aircraft as it fell into the Japanese hands and then with the Japanese marking. An Accidental Victory – on April 13, 1944, Slovak pilot Rudolf Božik identified a friendly Bf 110 G-2 as a USAF Liberator and shot it down. Fortunately for the Slovak pilot, the German gunner, who survived the attack, confused Božik’s Bf 109 E for a Mustang... The Eichenlaubträger – Jürgen Harder – Part Two of the article describing the combat career of Jürgen Harder. This time the authors examine his activity over Africa and Italy. Four colour profiles of Harder’s Bf 109 F-4s are included. The Defender of the Route of Life – a portrait of Georgii Nikanorovich Zhidov – a WW II Soviet fighter who scored 29 victories. The article features a colour plate of his early Yak-1. Photo Album 39 - 45 – two pages of Bf 110C and D details. The Canadian Bishop – a portrait of William A. Bishop, VC, in which his actual total score is questioned. There are four colour profiles (Nieuport 17C-1, three S.E.5s). Back in the Saddle – an article from The Airman Magazine about USAF CAPT Brian Udell who survived one of the fastest known ejections in history at more than 780 mph. He suffered serious injuries, but his determination brought him back into the cockpit. Chinese Sikorsky S-43 W – a short summary of the service of two S-43 Ws delivered to China in 1936. 7 pages of 1/72nd drawings of the Bf 110 – D-0, D-0/B, D-1 and D-2 variants. 1 page of colour photos – an F-22 Raptor at Seattle on May 13, 2004. 1 page of colour views of Ju-52s of ZG 26.

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