73 Sqn over North Africa on 17th June 1942
Pattle went on to be top Commonwealth Air Ace of all time
HMS Mantis took part in operations on the River Tigris in modern-day Iraq in World War One
Glidermen by David Pentland
The Iron Brigade, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Brawner's Farm, August 1862 by Chris Collingwood. (GS) COU9 73 Sqn over North AfricaDHM1083GS. The Iron Brigade, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Brawner's Farm, August 1862 by Chris Collingwood. The Iron Brigade initially consisted of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiments, the 19th Indiana, Battery B of the 4th U. S. Light Artillery, and was later joined by the 24th Michigan. This particular composition of men, from the three Western states, led it to be sometimes referred to as the 'Iron Brigade of