Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders (P) SHN76 A vehicle checkpoint set up

A vehicle checkpoint set up by the British army in co-operation with the RUC while operating in Northern Ireland

603 Sqn Spitfire XT-N X4271 in which he claimed Me109s on the 28th and 31st August 1940

Paper size 23 inches x 16 inches (58cm x 41cm) Area shown in image 14 inches x 10 inches (36cm x 25cm) approx

Initially flying Ju88 bombers with KG51 on the eastern front

Original acrylic painting by David Pentland

Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders (P) SHN76 A vehicle checkpoint set upDHM1266P. Escort for the Troops USS New York by Anthony Saunders. The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GIs were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u boats and German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied fleets. Although USS New York spent a good deal of the war in the Atlantic, she also