Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. (AP) AIT253 And one aircraft above all

And one aircraft above all others came to symbolise that gallantry

11th Hussars

but his attacks were insistent and deadly

losing hands and limbs to the slashing strokes of the Sikh blades

their Me109 escorts

Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. (AP) AIT253 And one aircraft above allDHM6379AP. Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. On 14th June 1940, the first German jackboots were heard on the streets of Paris. Within days France signed an armistice and Hitler could now turn his avaricious eyes north and across the grey waters of the Channel. The island of Britain stood alone and, faced with the threat of imminent invasion, few gave her much chance of survival. Before the all conquering Panzers could invade, Germany needed to gain air