Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. REG441 A classic image depicting a

A classic image depicting a victorious gladiator

And mostly they were young

while to the right of the picture

defend against a German armoured attack

Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. REG441 A classic image depicting aDHM6253. Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. Prior to the British attack on the Italian battle fleet moored in Taranto Harbour in November 1940, the job of obtaining the very latest photo reconnaissance fell to the maverick pilot Adrian 'Warby' Warburton. Flying a requisitioned Martin Maryland, Warburton undertook a series of breathtakingly low level passes across the ships moored in the harbour, cheating a hail of anti aircraft fire and flak to