Schweinfurt - The Second Mission by Robert Taylor. (AP) SIG1258MDHM2614AP. Schweinfurt The Second Mission by Robert Taylor. Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they did not want to hear: Its Schweinfurt again! The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England in the early hours of what was to become forever known as Black Thursday. Robert Taylors majestic painting shows Colonel Budd Peaslees B 17
alongside that of Lord Zouch to his right
Sir Roger de Trumpington
the pilot baled out successfully
The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America
he consistently scored points
Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson
HM shot down five German aircraft on this day
This painting by Graeme Lothian brings together the sight and feel of this great London event
At the Setting of the Sun by Simon Atack
Wing Commander John Elkington
Too Little Too Late by Stan Stokes
The Leander class cruiser HMS Orion is shown departing Grand Harbour Malta late in 1945