Destination: Libya. Tornado GR.4s of 9 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. COU51 Original pencil drawing by Stephen

Original pencil drawing by Stephen Doig

Obergefreiter Walter Erker

British and American troops massed at every point near the coast in readiness for the imminent crossing of the Channel

Against overwhelming and seemingly impossible odds

Major Robert 'Blackie' Blackburn

Destination: Libya. Tornado GR.4s of 9 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. COU51 Original pencil drawing by StephenB0476. Destination: Libya. Tornado GR. 4s of 9 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. At the start of the No Fly Zone and in support of Libyan rebel forces, Tornado GR. 4s of 9 Sqn were despatched from RAF Marham on 19th and 20th March 2011 for two of the longest operational missions since the Falklands campaign of 1982, each aircraft completing an 8 hour, 3000 mile round trip to destroy Libyan army ground weapons that were being used against civilians to quell