MacRobert's Reply by Ivan Berryman. [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

Aircraft Depicted: Stirling Bomber [other products featuring this aircraft]

Short Stirling N6086 MacRobert's Reply of 15 Sqn is shown during the bombing raid on the French Harbour of Brest on 18th December 1941. British bombers had been dispatched to bomb the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst that were docked there, an action that earned N6086's skipper Fl Off Peter Boggis a DFC. Stirling W7428 is also shown with her port wing ablaze, one of two Stirlings lost on this operation. The subject of the RAF's attention can be seen amid the smoke - Gneisenau in drydock and Sharnhorst alongside.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)