Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. SIG1002C Robert Taylor has brought to

Robert Taylor has brought to life an encounter over Rabaul in late December 1943

It is Christmas 1943 and the winter landscape reflects the early morning sunrise as the weary crews approach the safety of their Cambridgeshire base

and the awe-inspiring Avro Lancaster

in what would turn out to be the last Christmas of the war

Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. SIG1002C Robert Taylor has brought toB0420. Attack on the Sorpe by Ivan Berryman. McCarthy's aircraft, ED825(G) AJ T attacking the undefended Sorpe Dam with the village in the background and the church with the steeple that they had to avoid on the hilltop. Such was the difficulty of the approach to this dam attacked along its length in contrast to the other dams which were attacked perpendicular to the dam McCarthy needed to make a total of ten runs before the bomb was dropped