Chinooks Approaching the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq by David Rowlands. UNT127 Supplies being flown in for

Supplies being flown in for the US Implementation Force (IFOR)

alongside a Ju87 Stuka on a dive-bombing mission

Challenger by Simon Smith

the young ace scored a total of 48 confirmed victories before being brought down by Lieutenant Rhys Davids on the very day that he was due to go on leave

Chinooks Approaching the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq by David Rowlands. UNT127 Supplies being flown in forDHM1485. Chinooks Approaching the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq by David Rowlands. Chinook helicopters based at RAF Odiham approach the landing site on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq on the night of 20th March 2003 to insert Royal Marines to secure the oil terminal. Operation HOUGHTON, as it was known, was part of the early stages of Operation TELIC, the campaign to rid the country of Saddam Hussein. The strength of the enemy ground forces was unknown. The