The Cloisters at Krak des Chevaliers
The Cloisters at Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria. View of the Inner Court fom the south. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island of Rhodes. Sutherland then took part in Operation Albumen on Crete, when 29 German aircraft were destroyed for the loss of one officer, and afterwards escaped with several Cretans who feared German reprisals
Picture No
10724202
Media ID
45545900
Size
5105px x 3539px
(10.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Photograph by Colonel David Sutherland MC Bar (1920-2006) from a family album
Date
circa 1942
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