Mission Accomplished by Philip West (AP) SHN565DHM2191AP. Mission Accomplished by Philip West. 17th May 1943, Sqn Ldr Frank (Jerry) Fray in his Spitfire PRX1 of 542 Squadron operating out of RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, returned alone and unarmed to gather photographic evidence from 30,000 feet of the Mhne dam having been breached earlier the same day by 617 Squadron Lancaster bombers. Signed by Flying Officer (Acting Flt Lt) Bill Anderson, Air Marshall Sir Alfred (Freddy) Ball, KCB DSO DFC, Flying
he had been attacked by Me110s and had stalled while turning to meet them
Alfred captured the Viking fleet on the Lea
including six race wins
With their three Packard 1400hp engines and bigger fuel tanks
and sadly died of cancer in Auckland on 28th November 1980
knocked out 13 T34s in 19 minutes
Victory Flyover by Robert Taylor
the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships
Sobieski led a charge of 20
A German machine gun team defend against the British 3rd Corps attack on the high ground north of the Somme
The Bay of Palermo by James Baker Pyne
12 Group Wing flew four times that disastrous day and in the end the Royal Air Force lost 106 aircraft compared to the Luftwaffe losses of 48