Great Western Splendour by David Weston (B) SIG1604C Despite heavy snow and poor

Despite heavy snow and poor visibility

a unit that had joined Bomber Command's No 8 (Pathfinder) Group in July 1943

another by Willi Reuschling and a third by high-scoring ace Egon Mayer

Breakout by Randall Wilson

Great Western Splendour by David Weston (B) SIG1604C Despite heavy snow and poorWX0005B. Great Western Splendour by David Weston The Great Westerns true splendour lay in both the design and condition of their magnificent fleet of express locomotives. The setting is the Didcot yard and shed sometime in the late 1940s with the superb Castle Class locomotive No. 5069 Isambrad Kingdom Brunel ready for the road, alive with steam and latent power. A 2 6 2 tank engine simmers alongside to make an evocative scene of the Great Western