Ditching in the Channel in December

18th December 1941: The crew of a Halifax bomber having a lucky escape after being hit by Flak during yet another raid on the French port of Brest

Halifax bombers from No. 35 Squadron over Brest on 18th December 1941 in an attempt to knock out the two German 'pocket battleships', the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau.

Throughout 1941 the French port of Brest had been a principal target for the RAF, attempting to knock out the two 'pocket battleships' Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau that remained in dock,…