As others have said above,the passing of the man is more important than any photo,but that doesn’t detract from the interesting nature of the picture. The Daily Telegraph also published what appears to be this exact same photo in thier obituary last week,so it’s not only The Times not picking up on these things.

Does anyone know what’s happenning with the P39?With her being so recently restored,it seems odd that they’ve got all the panels off etc.
Lovely pics btw folks,the Razorback ’51 looks gorgeous already and I’m looking forward to seeing the Mossie in the TT scheme. Hell,I love all of ’em! 🙂

As I remember it,Kain had just recieved a posting to a new unit and had therefore spent the previous night drinking until the early hours at his leaving bash. The theory goes that he was still under the influence when he took off next morning,and crashed while attempting some farewell aerobatics.A shocking waste of a great pilot and by all accounts a good bloke.
Don’t drink and drive…

I can recommend ‘Luftwaffe Aces’ by Mike Spick,an excellent book about the Luftwaffe fighter arm in general and it’s development and tactics,aswell as potted career histories and anecdotes from particular aces. There’s also a comprehensive listing of aces at the back of the book,giving their decorations,victory tallies etc. It was first published about 20 years ago,but it’s recently been reprinted.
Spick has written a number of other books along the same lines,such as ‘Luftwaffe Bomber Aces” and “Allied Fighter Aces” and these are said to be just as good,although I’ve yet to get my mits on them.

Wonderful shots,thanks amitch. 🙂

Whoohoo! Great news,congratulations to all concerned and here’s to a speedy certification and export process. 😀