Phantom Raiders by Simon Atack. COU7 were tasked with interception and

were tasked with interception and destruction of the attacking American heavy bombers

No all-British military aircraft has been conceived or constructed since and it is almost certain that this remarkable aircraft would have continued in front line service for at least two decades had it been allowed beyond its difficult gestation

Backup has arrived in the form of Strikemaster jets who begin strafing the enemy and turn the tide of the battle in the favour of the defenders

Signed by Col

This original drawing has been personally signed by Bill Reid VC

Phantom Raiders by Simon Atack. COU7 were tasked with interception andDHM2306. Phantom Raiders by Simon Atack. Just 50 miles north west of Hanoi in North Vietnam, lies the long and winding valley of the infamous Red River a name that was to become bitterly familiar to the F4U Phantom pilots of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. Flowing for miles through the countrys deep interior, the waters of the Red River fed the strategically important steel mills at Thai Nguyen, and the power stations at Viet Tri; they also irrigated