Escort to the Scharnhorst by Simon Atack (AP) SHN332SA2AP. Escort to the Scharnhorst by Simon Atack. When the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered Brest in March, 1941, between them they had sunk a total of 22 ships during their North Atlantic operations. Laying in port however, they became a target for constant air attack, Scharnhorst being damaged by bombs, and in February 1942 the decision was made to break out with the famous Channel Dash. Scharnhorst led the flotilla in a daring
Hurricane Mk
DHM6316APB
heavily armed aircraft
I do not think that one man flinched in the whole brigade
At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns
their stay however was short lived and within a few hours the arrival of the transports and gliders of the British 6th Airborne directly overhead forced the entire division to pull back for fear of being trapped
Squadron Leader Ben Murphy
Night of Strong Winds by David Pentland
the tests passed without incident and this graceful machine returned to her slipway at the East Cowes works
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius
HMS Queen Elizabeth was the only ship of the class to have a full compliment of sixteen 6-inch guns
Heavy tank regiment - Bake - was temporarily created as part of the forces gathered to breakthrough to the besieged Army Corps trapped in the Korsun (or Tscherkassy) pocket