A further 17 Spitfires, delayed from previous "Club Runs", were transported by HMS Eagle, which joined Force W on 7/8 May from Gibraltar.
Eagle | American Eagle Outfitters | HMS Beagle | Golden Eagle | Bald Eagle | Wedge-tailed Eagle | eagle | HMS Victory | HMS M31 | HMS Bounty | White-tailed Eagle | The Eagle | HMS M23 | HMS ''Humber'' | Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi | HMS ''Bounty'' | HMS M27 | HMS M25 | HMS Investigator | Brooklyn Eagle | American Eagle Airlines | HMS M33 | HMS ''Beagle'' | Giant Eagle | Angela Eagle | Order of the White Eagle | Night of the Eagle | HMS Plumper (1848) | HMS Endeavour | Greater Spotted Eagle |
They were acquired by the British government and completed as the battleship HMS Canada and the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle.
He served with 806 Squadron (November 1940), 805 (early 1941), 806 Squadron (March 1941) & 801 Squadrons FAA at HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier), HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier), HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier), HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) and at Crete and North Africa.