HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman (GL) HOR56 JG52 downs a Soviet R5

JG52 downs a Soviet R5 biplane on 25th September 1942

The canvas is signed on the reverse by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased)

and as it transpired a dramatic psychological weapon which succeeded in breaching the Britons defensive position on the River Thames

of the 9th SS Panzer Division

HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman (GL) HOR56 JG52 downs a Soviet R5DHM1288GL. HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman. The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10: 30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total