The crippling of this ship would alter the entire face of the naval war … the loss of 100 machines or 500 airmen would be well compensated for.” The Royal Navy, the RAF, and the Combined Operations ...

Oranges were to be had in more than one English town, as Mrs Muir, a Liverpool friend, reported that there were ‘plenty of ...

The Fleet Air Arm Museum is inviting visitors to invent their own brick flying machines this half-term. From Monday, February ...

John, a former wireless operator and gunner, had been captured after his Halifax bomber crashed in a fjord in Norway, while targeting the German battleship Tirpitz, known as “The Beast”.

She also served as a support vessel for notorious battleship Tirpitz. It was in Norway that the ship would embark on her most shameful mission. In November 1942, Monte Rosa transported 46 ...

The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the ...

The raid set out to destroy the only French harbour that could take Tirpitz battleships. George Butterworth had to draw his St Nazaire cartoon before he heard whether or not the raid had succeeded.

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