A Day for Heroes by Ivan Berryman. SIG1820C Nearest aircraft is that of

Nearest aircraft is that of August Mors

Image size 32 inches x 19 inches (81cm x 48cm) plus border with text and remarques

this veteran of 43 years service landing for the final time at Dunsfold where she will be preserved as part of the Brooklands Museum

whereupon the Oriani was renamed D'Estaing and served under the French flag until 1954

part of her figurehead and catheads were shattered

A Day for Heroes by Ivan Berryman. SIG1820C Nearest aircraft is that ofDHM1891. A Day for Heroes by Ivan Berryman. The afternoon of 25th July 1940 was a desperate one for the already exhausted fighter pilots of the RAF defending the South coast of England. As convoy CW8 made its way through the English Channel, sixty JU. 87 Stukas and forty JU. 88 bombers launched a brutal attack on the ships below, backed up by fighter cover of over 50 Messerscmitt Bf. 109s. Eight Spitfires of 64 Sqn (Kenley) were scrambled, together