Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (APB) PER57DHM1026APB. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such
the Lancaster limping away
In the foreground are Lynx XZ 199 commanded by Capt Morley and flown by SSgt Seymour
Difficult Journey Home by Ivan Berryman
The second aircraft to attack the target
It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared in the skies of Europe
seemingly unaware that Longstreet was on the field
Last One Away by Ivan Berryman
Two of Dornier's most notable products of the late war period sit together in the evening sun outside one of hangars at Oberpfaffenhoffen
Although officially credited as a Dornier bomber
Also aiding in the pursuit are Spitfires of 602 City of Glasgow Squadron based at Westhampnett
Navigator : Flg Off J K Barrett
Home Again by Ivan Berryman