Alexander and Bucephalus by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo SIG2085 flying deep-penetration photo reconnaissance missions

flying deep-penetration photo reconnaissance missions into Iraq and occupied Kuwait

retiring in 1970

Part of the RAF Bomber offensive of night time raids over Germany

But it came at a terrible cost: on one raid alone - the Nuremberg raid of 30th/31st March 1944 - 543 aircrew were killed

Alexander and Bucephalus by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo SIG2085 flying deep-penetration photo reconnaissance missionsNBP0373. Alexander and Bucephalus by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Bucephalus, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. Accounts state that Bucephalus' breed was that of the "best Thessalian strain" and that he died in what is now Pubjab, Pakistan, after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326BC. Alexander was so grieved at the loss of his horse that he named one of the many cities he founded after him, as