Humbers in Italy by David Pentland (AP) AIT53DP0307AP. Humbers in Italy by David Pentland 6th Armoured Division, Italy, May, 1944. Humber Mk II & IV armoured cars of the 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry Regiment, on reconnaissance near Monte Cassino. Professionally produced using a high quality inkjet digital press and printed on 300gsm art stock. Signed Ltd. Ed of 20 artist proofs. Image Size 13. 4 inches x 9. 4 inches (34cm x 24cm) Paper Size 16. 5 Inches x 11. 7 inches (42cm x 29. 6)
Dodging heavy flak and anti aircraft fire in the skies above Normandy
While the local population went about its daily business as best it could
Those Who had Fought so Well
Embellished with a bomb symbol painted on the fuselage signifying each raid completed
triumphant arches were raised in many of the streets
Top scoring ace Donald J Strait
Pilot : Plt Off W H T Ottley
Setting of the Sun by Randall Wilson
and managed to push within twenty miles of Johannesburg before superior Boer forces compelled him and his men to surrender at Doornkop on the 2nd of Janaury 1896
and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters
All three ships survived what became known as the Channel Dash
21 June 1941