Tribute to Midget Submarine HMS XE-3 by Ivan Berryman. (P) SHN38DHM6748P. Tribute to Midget Submarine HMS XE 3 by Ivan Berryman. The midget submarine HMS XE 3 made a successful attack on the Japanese cruiser Takao in Johore Strait, Singapore on 31st July 1943. Having evaded anti submarine defences to reach their target, the Commander Ian Fraser and his diver James Magennis are shown preparing to attach limpet mines to the cruiser. Fraser then managed with great skill to position the main explosives directly under
In just 395 missions he scored 152 victories - including 9 in a single day - and was awarded the Knight's Cross
The battle of Isandhlwana
Climbout from Plivot by Ivan Berryman
Size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm)
Gold Beach
She is depicted here in company with HMS Chatham
The Flying Scotsman was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley
Madrid had capitulated without striking a blow
USS Wahoo by Anthony Saunders
Pot That Fellow by Mark Churms
he survived being shot down no less than sixteen times and survived the war until eventually passing away in 2016 aged 98
the explosives made safe and the entire cache taken into the safe keeping of the 80th US Infantry Division as the German occupation of Europe crumbled