Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey and Lieutenant Hervey Rhodes, RE.8 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SQN261 Afghanistan during Operation Moshtarak

Afghanistan during Operation Moshtarak

and this very important north-south rail and highway line was a vital supply link in allowing the North Vietnamese to send streams of men and materials south

89 Sqn by Ivan Berryman

V in 1916 on the Western Front

leaving just 42 Fiat CR

Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey and Lieutenant Hervey Rhodes, RE.8 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SQN261 Afghanistan during Operation MoshtarakDHM1650AP. Lieutenant Croye Rothes Pithey and Lieutenant Hervey Rhodes, RE. 8 by Ivan Berryman. The Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 (Reconnaissance Experimental 8), or Harry Tate as its crews affectionately called it, was used throughout the Great War to good effect, but was something of an anachronism when pitted against the more modern machines of the Jastas. However, Lieutenants Rothes Pithey and Rhodes scored a credible 10 victories together, sending