Disabled Valentine close up

Looking suitably grim, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris ("Bomber" Harris), from February 1942, commander of RAF Bomber Command, glares into the camera across his desk.  Harris was a WW1 fighter ace with the Royal Flying Corps/RAF, with five confirmed kills.  He continued to serve in the RAF through the interwar period, and it was at this stage of his career that he developed his interest in aerial bombardment. With what result, Germany and Italy were later to discover ... Formal wartime portrait.  Best regards, JR.

Grim Reaper.

The marks of the battle on this British 40mm gun (2 pdr).