Luck of the Devil: Flying Swordfish in WWII mug no hospital ships

no hospital ships

For centuries the sailors of the Royal Navy have been famous for their colourful language

which allowed it to carry some of the largest bombs of the war

joining the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in 1927 at the age of thirteen he was already a Commissioned Officer of His Majesty's Royal Navy before the outbreak of War in 1939

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II

Luck of the Devil: Flying Swordfish in WWII mug no hospital shipsWritten by Robert le Page Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier based Fairey Swordfish. He saw action mine laying off Cherbourg, hunting U boats, escorting convoys in the North Atlantic and Arctic seas and covering D Day. Much of his early war years were aboard HMS Dasher and he was lucky to be ashore when the carrier mysteriously exploded and sank in the Clyde. This decimated 816 Squadron