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unusual facts about HMS Eagle


Operation Bowery

A further 17 Spitfires, delayed from previous "Club Runs", were transported by HMS Eagle, which joined Force W on 7/8 May from Gibraltar.


BL 6 inch naval guns Mk XIII – XVIII

They were acquired by the British government and completed as the battleship HMS Canada and the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle.

Rupert Brabner

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.


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