Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland. (P) COU6DHM1345P. Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May 4th June 1940 by David Pentland. Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy of the mighty Luftwaffe. No one though had reckoned on the brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000 troops in nine days. Original
101st Airborne by Chris Collingwood
(CVA-66) as she skirts Vietnamese waters in company with a little Rock-class missile / command cruiser
He claimed a probable Bf109 on 6th June
None of the aircraft would return to base on this mission
A Viking raiding party comes ashore from their Viking longboat on the western coast of England
This powerful unit was halted just 10km from its objective having run out of supplies
and supplied with the original signatures of :
22nd May 1940
Paired with the carbine would be either a light curved sabre or a heavy straight sabre depending on the type of cavalry and battlefield role
4 Landing Craft
3 probables and 5 damaged
Charged with the capture of Heraklion and its aerodrome