The Battle of Maida by Philip James de Louthembourg. PER697 took place in bright moonlight

took place in bright moonlight by twenty-one Swordfish from the British carrier HMS Illustrious

and many 262s were destroyed or damaged due to landing gear failure

and shot down three Albatros aircraft taking off to challenge him

Sopwith Triplane N6295 'B' in August 1917 - the aircraft in which he claimed a reconnaissance aircraft on the 21st and an Albatros D

shows a B-17G of the 8th Air Forces 385th Bomber Group over Germany in 1945

The Battle of Maida by Philip James de Louthembourg. PER697 took place in bright moonlightDHM177. The Battle of Maida by Philip James de Louthembourg. Following Napoleons deposition of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples in favour of his brother Joseph Bonaparte, the British government ordered General Sir John Stuart to land a force in Calabria, Southern Italy. On the 6th of July the French force of 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry met the British force of 5,000 infantry. The battle was a British victory with losses of 330, compared to the French