Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew ART689 617 Squadron departed from RAF

617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two

February 1944 by David Pentland (AP) Replacements from 1st Battalion Irish Guards and Sherman tanks of the 46th Royal Tank Regiment move through the debris of Anzio town towards their jump-off positions for the Battle of Campoleone Station

(AP) French dragoons attack a Spanish farmhouse where they believe Spanish guerillas are hiding

But there was one thing they could not fight against - devastating Allied air superiority - and leading the assault were the deadly ground-attack Typhoons of the RAF

finally being sunk by the torpedoes of HMS Dorsetshire

Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew ART689 617 Squadron departed from RAFJA5. Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 Defending the Store House by Jason Askew By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand to hand along the mealie bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie bags with a Martini Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were