Last Stand at Calais by David Pentland. SIG1705 whilst trying to avoid a

whilst trying to avoid a fog bank JN751 crashed on the Isle of Sheppey

and was capable of making takeoffs and landings in fairly high seas

for action

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Flight Leader Dick Rossi (deceased)

Last Stand at Calais by David Pentland. SIG1705 whilst trying to avoid aDHM6512. Last Stand at Calais by David Pentland. British Cruiser Mark IA CS (A9) tanks and Bren Carriers of A Squadron, 3RTR, 1st Armoured Division, line the road south of Calais, prior to being sent south to secure the bridges on the St. Omer canal. The British column of tanks failed to reach its objective, encountering the advance guard of 1st Panzer Division near the little village of Hames Boucre, and after an inconclusive afternoon battle fell