Gotha G. V. by Ivan Berryman. [Print]

Aircraft Depicted: Gotha G.V [other products featuring this aircraft]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

Bathed in the low winter sun over southern England, Gotha G.V.s are attacked by defending Sopwith Camels as the German bombers penetrate the south-eastern counties en route to London. This was, effectively, the first Battle of Britain, staged during the winter of 1917/18, during which the intruders were frequently repelled, their bomb loads falling harmlessly on English soil.