RMS Titanic at Cherbourg by Ivan Berryman. (AP) AIT182

RMS Titanic at Cherbourg by Ivan Berryman. (AP) AIT182DHM1693AP. RMS Titanic at Cherbourg by Ivan Berryman. Wednesday, April 10th, 1912. The mighty liner Titanic is shown at anchor in Cherbourg Harbour, all lights ablaze. Due to her size, she can't pull into port as the piers are too small. Instead, she is anchored offshore. Cherbourg passengers finally board tenders and wait to be ferried out to Titanic. Mail is brought aboard. By 8: 30 p. m. the anchor is raised and the Titanic leaves for Queenstown,

This was the first time that a Zeppelin had been brought down by an aircraft for which gallant action

Countermeasures were soon put into action as powerful searchlights picked out the Zeppelins for the anti-aircraft batteries and RFC pilots to pour their unrelenting fire into the raiders

(commander of 501 Squadron) aboard

and going on to serve throughout World War Two

A Lancaster of 626 Squadron takes evasive action during a raid over Osterfeld in December 1944

In the front line crossbowmen return fire from behind the safety of their decorated pavaises (painted with the suns and white roses of York and the white boar

Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper

By the time Monitor was ready to re-engage

he lived into his 70s and died in 1961

and in the subsequent chase Schuck claimed the 2 Mustangs

Its ceiling was 17

MS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967