Fortress at Rest by Richard Taylor. NRG1046 2 Griffon Hovercraft

2 Griffon Hovercraft

Signed by Vice Admiral Sir Edward Anson KCB

Lt Col James P Dyke

VMF-214 saw action at Guadalcanal

While the Tiger battalion launched a frontal attack on the enemy positions

Fortress at Rest by Richard Taylor. NRG1046 2 Griffon HovercraftDHM6574. Fortress at Rest by Richard Taylor. The bomber crews of the US Eighth Air Force rightfully earned their place in the annals of aviation history through heroism and devotion to duty. Flying their first mission from England on Independence Day, 4th July 1942, using A 20 Havocs borrowed from the RAF, until their final full scale mission of the war on 25th April 1945, the bomber crews of the Eighth had become one of the most highly decorated