Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (APC) SQN390 48 Strand London 1816 from

48 Strand London 1816 from the series entitled Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 -1815

It was surely Captain Blighs finest hour and an act of selfless bravery

still widely known more than a century after the events that gave him fame

Two of Dornier's most notable products of the late war period sit together in the evening sun outside one of hangars at Oberpfaffenhoffen

33 was anchored in Forde Fjord

Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (APC) SQN390 48 Strand London 1816 fromDHM1026APC. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such