Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. (B) SIG2722 So the beautiful Alpine meadows

So the beautiful Alpine meadows became the final resting place for what was potentially the most formidable fighter unit of the war

This scene of the Combat Outpost in Now Zad depicts one of the Rear Link Detachments of 216 Parachute Signal Squadron which established and maintained vital communication links to both the Battlegroup and Brigade Headquarters from all of the isolated outposts

P/O G W M Harrison

Rumanian IAR 80c on a tactical reconnaissance mission is intercepted and shot down by a Soviet YAK3 over the river Dnepr

Michael Schumacher/ Ferrari F

Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. (B) SIG2722 So the beautiful Alpine meadowsB0420B. Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. McCarthy's aircraft, ED825(G) AJ T attacking the undefended Sorpe Dam with the village in the background and the church with the steeple that they had to avoid on the hilltop. Such was the difficulty of the approach to this dam attacked along its length in contrast to the other dams which were attacked perpendicular to the dam McCarthy needed to make a total of ten runs before the bomb was dropped