Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms. (AP) SHN63 Eye of the Storm by

Eye of the Storm by Anthony Saunders

These were the first two enemy aircraft downed by pilots flying for the American Air Service

Leningrad 17th February 1943

oil on board by Simon Smith

8th October 1918 by David Pentland

Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms. (AP) SHN63 Eye of the Storm byDHM370AP. Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms. Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers. At about 3. 30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879, Lieutenant John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers, was supervising repairs on the military pont on the Mzinyathi river, at the border crossing at Rorkes Drift, when survivors brought news that the advanced British camp at Isandhlwana had been over run by the Zulus, and that a wing of the Zulu army was on