The image is of Pipe-Major Macdonald
the cruiser Bonaventure being sunk with great loss of life
which dropped slightly earlier had enplaned at Saltby airfield
4s of 9 Sqn were despatched from RAF Marham on 19th and 20th March 2011 for two of the longest operational missions since the Falklands campaign of 1982
frequently intercepting and 'escorting' Soviet interlopers such as the Tupolev TU-95 Bear away from British airspace
Climbout from Plivot by Ivan Berryman. (P) SHN21 The image is of Pipe-MajorDHM6746P. Climbout from Plivot by Ivan Berryman. Bristol Blenheim IV N6215 of 139 Sqn is depicted departing the squadron's base at Plivot, France, on 12th May 1940. Sadly, it was a mission from which neither the aircraft, nor the crew would return, XD Q being lost in a crash at Lanaken, Limburg in Belgium that same day with the loss of three crew. Original painting, oil on canvas, by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm)