Mission Accomplished by Philip West (AP) SHN565 The Bay of Palermo by

The Bay of Palermo by James Baker Pyne

the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships

Victory Flyover by Robert Taylor

and sadly died of cancer in Auckland on 28th November 1980

With their three Packard 1400hp engines and bigger fuel tanks

Mission Accomplished by Philip West (AP) SHN565 The Bay of Palermo byDHM2191AP. Mission Accomplished by Philip West. 17th May 1943, Sqn Ldr Frank (Jerry) Fray in his Spitfire PRX1 of 542 Squadron operating out of RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, returned alone and unarmed to gather photographic evidence from 30,000 feet of the Mhne dam having been breached earlier the same day by 617 Squadron Lancaster bombers. Signed by Flying Officer (Acting Flt Lt) Bill Anderson, Air Marshall Sir Alfred (Freddy) Ball, KCB DSO DFC, Flying