Bug Killer by Ivan Berryman. [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

Aircraft Depicted: Hawker Tempest [other products featuring this aircraft]

Equipped with the experimental Monica IIIE detection device, Hawker Tempest EJ535 was deployed to the Fighter Interception Unit at Newchurch for evaluation in July 1944. Originally developed as the AN/APS 13, Monica had been intended as a rear-looking device to warn crews of attacks from behind. Now modified to face forward, it became a valuable aid in the battle against Hitler's terror weapons, notably the V-1 Flying Bomb. In the hands of the Fighter Interception Unit's then Commanding Officer Joseph Berry, this became a winning combination with no fewer than 52 Doodlebugs falling to Berry's guns - on one occasion, seven V1s being shot down by Berry in a single night.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)    

Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 40 cards.