Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. (C) REG506DHM1349C. Against All Odds Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942. Although all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for
He served through the Kaffir War 1877-8 before his bravery at Rorkes Drift for which he was presented with the Victoria Cross by Lord Wolseley on August 3rd 1879
Atlantic Comrades by Ivan Berryman
Captain Eddie
Paper size 23 inches x 17 inches (59cm x 43cm)
the aircraft becoming engulfed in flames at some point
Pattle went on to be top Commonwealth Air Ace of all time
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A second is readied
Flying from their bases at Bu Amud in Egypt and Benina and Castel Benito in Libya
pouring shells and hot tracer rounds into the lumbering locomotive and its rolling stock
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Dawn Breakers by Anthony Saunders