They could easily have fallen prey to prowling Luftwaffe night fighters
of the 281a Suadriglia based in Libya in 1940
is seen here under fire from the Olympia
the mount of Johnnie Johnson
supporting the German forces in their drive towards Moscow
Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. (GS) SHN598 They could easily have fallenDHM6275GS. Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. Far ahead of Edward II's main army, marching from Falkirk to relieve Stirling Castle, rides the English vanguard. Late on that day, 23rd June 1314, these horsemen advance along the Roman road and cross Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, rides out ahead of his formations to observe the enemy's advance. One of the English Knights, Sir Henry De Bohun, seeing the King's vulnerable position, gallops