Fleet Air Arm

It was the sixteenth VC awarded a Canadian in World War II; only the second for a Fleet Air Arm aviator.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

This Fleet Air Arm “batsman” served the same purpose as American landing signal officers, but during joint operations off Japan, each service mostly continued using its own signals and terms.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

And the assumption the defenses were based on was only invalidated when the Fleet Air Arm successfully attacked Taranto.

Making Light: In the navy, between the wars 2010

However, with smaller hangar decks the Fleet Air Arm embarked fewer planes in its largest carriers, and often was hard pressed to keep up with perennially heavy losses to all causes.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

Disgraced, he leaves the service of the Fleet Air Arm, only to become embroiled with a German spy in Greece, which gives him a chance to redeem himself.

Guy Ramsey Steve 2010

This Fleet Air Arm “batsman” served the same purpose as American landing signal officers, but during joint operations off Japan, each service mostly continued using its own signals and terms.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

It was the sixteenth VC awarded a Canadian in World War II; only the second for a Fleet Air Arm aviator.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

However, with smaller hangar decks the Fleet Air Arm embarked fewer planes in its largest carriers, and often was hard pressed to keep up with perennially heavy losses to all causes.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

The American signal for “high” meant “You are too high” but in the Fleet Air Arm it meant “Go higher.”

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

The American signal for “high” meant “You are too high” but in the Fleet Air Arm it meant “Go higher.”

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010