Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. SIG893

Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. SIG893DHM2088. Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secluded research establishment near the remote Baltic town of Peenemunde. There, a group of top German scientists were developing the V 2 rocket projectile, with

Shaken to their very centre

a high cost indeed

demanded that he turn back

HMS Belfast was the largest and arguably the most powerful cruiser in the Royal Navy

VII of Jasta 6 during October 1918

enabling the main force of Lancaster and Halifax aircraft to drop their bombs as accurately as possible

the battle of Malvern Hill

9A helicopters sitting on the flight line at Camp Bastion

and a mixed surface flotilla

A 22° Gruppo Macchi 202 has just damaged a B

nearly two thousand miles from frozen wastelands of the Arctic in the north

Image size 25 inches x 12 inches (64cm x 31cm)