Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. (P) AIT223 Bill Reid had already sustained

Bill Reid had already sustained injuries to his head

101st Airborne en route to Normandy by Ivan Berryman

Knocked unconscious by one of the fighters shells

Original chromolithograph published 1895

and only succeeded in being shot down himself

Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. (P) AIT223 Bill Reid had already sustainedB0420P. Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. McCarthy's aircraft, ED825(G) AJ T attacking the undefended Sorpe Dam with the village in the background and the church with the steeple that they had to avoid on the hilltop. Such was the difficulty of the approach to this dam attacked along its length in contrast to the other dams which were attacked perpendicular to the dam McCarthy needed to make a total of ten runs before the bomb was dropped