Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. SPC17 Alongside is the portrait of

Alongside is the portrait of AJ-L pilot Flt Lt D J Shannon

The Union left flank was crushed and the army driven back to Bull Run

the Diamonds to the Knights Cross

With the Battle of Britain at its height and the RAF stretched to breaking point

/JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943

Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. SPC17 Alongside is the portrait ofDHM1940. Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. On August 12th, 1940 the Luftwaffe turned their full attention to the RAF's forward fighter bases and radar stations with the intent to obliterate them once and for all. The outcome of the Battle of Britain hung in the balance. It was late in the afternoon of Sunday, 18 August 1940. The previous week had seen the hardest days of fighting in the Battle of Britain as the young pilots of the RAF Fighter