If the operation had succeeded the war in Europe might have been over by Christmas 1944
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson stood in front of them on the afternoon of 16th May 1943
Ian Macfadyen and his navigator flying XV500
She started operations in February 1944
The Falaise Gap
Eagle Day by Geoff Nutkins SIG2173 If the operation had succeededDHM6961. Eagle Day by Geoff Nutkins. Smoke rises from the wreckage of a Dornier Do 17 bomber, part of a force sent to attack RAF Kenley on 18th August 1940. The Dornier was brought down near Biggin Hill by Sergeant Ron Brown of No. 111 Squadron, whose Hurricane flies low overhead. Signed by Wing Commander R J Brown, MBE Air Vice Marshal A V R Johnstone, CBE, DFC Wing Commander P L Parrot, DFC & Bar, AFC and Air Vice Marshal F D Hughes, CB, CBE, DSO,