Contents: REVI NO. 64 CONTENTS “Nine” from La Brayelle – on May 19, 1940, German soldiers found a solitary Marcel Bloch MB.152 fighter at La Brayelle airstrip. Czech pilot C/C Králík crash-landed with this aircraft there the day before after a dogfight with 1./JG 77 Bf 109 Es.This article focuses on the actual engagement and features four-view colour profile of the MB.152, N°527. Sadaaki Akamatsu – a portrait of the notorious womanizer, drunkard and IJNAF fighter ace. Five colour plates are included – an A6M5a, two J2M3s, all of Kókútai 302, a Mitsubishi A5M2a late variant and an F6F-5 Hellcat of VF-3. Photo-Album 14-18 – Fliegerkompagnie 62D (K) – 4 pages of unique photos provided by a great-grandson of Gefreiter Václav Aisman who was a mechanic with Flik 62D (K). The Eichenlaubträger – Jürgen Harder – the final part of the article describing the last year of Jürgen Harder’s career until his death on February 17, 1945. One colour profile of Harder’s Bf 109 G-6 is included. He Believed – this article originally appeared in the November 1967 issue of The Airman Magazine and is dedicated to F-105 driver Karl Richter. He became the U.S. youngest pilot to shoot down a VPAF MiG. He was killed on June 28, 1967. Two colour profiles of F-105Ds are included. A Second at Reno – ever wondered what happens during a single hectic second during the Reno races? Read on ... Fighters of the Vichy Air Force – combat activity of the Vichy Air Force over Africa and Syria from summer 1940 till November 1942. 4 pages of 1/72nd drawings of the F-105D. 2 pages of Tornado F Mk.3 walkaround photos. 1 page of F-105 walkaround photos. 2 pages of colour profiles of F-105Ds and F-105Bs.

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