Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. SQN379 pounded enemy positions during the

pounded enemy positions during the airborne invasion of Holland

Flown by New Zealander Fl Lt Johnnie Houlton

a post that he held until the end of the war

This ship was present at the Battle of Matapan in March 1941 and was successful against Allied shipping during Operation Harpoon the following year

Fleeting Moments by Philip West

Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. SQN379 pounded enemy positions during theDHM1858. Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. Whilst flying with A Flight of 85 Squadron on 30th July 1940, Geoffrey Allard encountered a pair of Messerschmitt Bf. 110s about 40 miles from the coast, apparently patrolling near a convoy. After Squadron Leader Townsend, flying Red 1, had made two unsuccessful attacks, Allard closed to 150 yards and began to fire continuously, eventually closing to just 25 yards, whereupon the starboard engine of the Bf. 110