Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor. ART215 Image size 27 inches x

Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 36cm)

Sergant Ed Tipper

In simple attire and characteristically astride a nimble arab grey

the Rolls Royce R engine is being lowered into the body of the aircraft

After abandoning Rostov and Kharkov in the face of the Soviet Winter Offensive

Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor. ART215 Image size 27 inches xDHM2259. Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor. Hit and run attacks by fast moving German E Boats were a constant threat to vital Allied shipping in the Mediterranean during the second World War. Often made under cover of darkness, these fast, highly manoeuvrable craft would speed through a convoy, release their torpedoes, and disappear into the night. During the night of 15 June 1942 German E Boats of the 3rd Flotilla left their Eastern