Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew ART689 Aircraft History: First Operation with

Aircraft History: First Operation with 106 was a raid on the Nazi HQ at Aachen on 9/10th July 1941 with Fl Lt Stenner at the controls

617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two

with more than 130 prisoners escaping and 31 successfully reaching home

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Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew ART689 Aircraft History: First Operation withJA5. Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 Defending the Store House by Jason Askew By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand to hand along the mealie bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie bags with a Martini Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were