Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) BAT117 Bill Reid flew on to

Bill Reid flew on to his target of Dusseldorf - a further 200 miles - successfully dropped his bombs

Britains last great Battleship HMS Vanguard along with the Carrier HMS Indefatigable lie at anchor in Scapa Flow in July 1951

astride his mount

Designed and built in the early 1980s at the Lockheed Skunk Works under conditions of intense secrecy

successfully attacks a Messerschmitt Me109 low over the cliffs of Beachy Head on the south coast during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940

Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) BAT117 Bill Reid flew on toDHM2033B. Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian. Me109s of I JG2, under the command of the brilliant Helmut Wick, setting out on a mission across the English Channel in September 1940. Wick, seen in the foreground, with Gunther Seeger off his starboard wing, was the top scoring Luftwaffe Ace in the Battle of Britain with 56 victories. Published 2000. Last 12 copies of this sold out edition. Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant