about to embark on yet another QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission to intercept potential hostile aircraft during the Cold War
Whilst being flown by S/L V Lowden on 15th August 1945 LR866 was credited with 2
Commissioned on August 24
Matt Le Tissier - Southampton by Stephen Doig
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. (B) SCN75 about to embark on yetDHM6920B. Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. Upon hearing the news that Admiral Villeneuve and his squadron had headed across the Atlantic to the West Indies, Nelson, in HMS Victory, set off in pursuit early in June, 1805, in the hope of engaging the French there, thus preventing them from combining with the Spanish fleet that were blockaded in Cadiz. Nelsons squadron comprised the 74 gun Amazon, Swiftsure, Belleisle, Canopus, Conqueror, Donegal,