Tondern raid

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HMS Furious with Sopwith Camels on forward flight deck
HMS Furious with Sopwith Camels on forward flight deck

The Tondern raid was a British bombing raid in the First World War, it was also the first ever air raid conducted by carrier based aircraft. British Sopwith Camels, launched from HMS Furious flew 160 kilometres to bomb and destroy two German Zeppelin hangers at Tondern, burning the Zeppelins L.54 and L.60.[1][2] The first shed was destroyed by Captain Dixon, the second by Captain Smart. The King awarded Dixon the DSO, whilst Smart received the bar to his previously awarded DSO.

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  1. ^ Humble Richard "Fraser of North Cape: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fraser, 1888-1981" (1983) Routledge. pp54-55 ISBN 0710095554
  2. ^ Burr Lawrence "British Battlecruisers 1914-18" Osprey (2006) page 54 ISBN 1846030080

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