Formidable
eBook - ePub

Formidable

Arthur Flint's War Against Tirpitz and the Kamikazes

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Formidable

Arthur Flint's War Against Tirpitz and the Kamikazes

About this book

"It's all well-written and well-illustrated with 208 black and white photos and two black and white maps." — Historical Miniatures Gaming Society HMS Formidable was a British aircraft carrier during the Second World War. One of four Illustrious-class carriers, Formidable was an armored carrier, able to withstand air attacks, guarding its precious aircraft hangar with an armor-plated flight-deck. As well as its squadrons of fighters and torpedo bombers, Formidable was armed with sixteen 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns, mounted in eight turrets. When action stations sounded, in one of these turrets, sweating in the tropical heat due to heavy asbestos anti-flash gear, lifting shells from the hoist to the gunner, while frantically turning the air into a 'plum pudding' of smoke and flame to smash the enemy kamikaze from the sky, was the author's grandfather, Arthur Flint. Illustrated with almost 200 contemporary photographs throughout, Formidable is a memorial to the voyages and service of Arthur Flint and his shipmates during the war, from the Battle of Matapan, the landings in North Africa, Sicily and Salerno, to the arctic hunt for Tirpitz, before Formidable steamed east to Sydney in 1945 and joined the British Pacific Fleet, fighting alongside the Americans at Okinawa and the final assault against Japan.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Maritime
Year
2023
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781399087674
Subtopic
Military Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 The Ship That Launched Itself
  7. Chapter 2 His Majesty’s Ship Formidable
  8. Chapter 3 Homeward Bound
  9. Chapter 4 Belfast
  10. Chapter 5 Brunswick, Maine
  11. Chapter 6 The Home Fleet
  12. Chapter 7 Operation Mascot (July 1944)
  13. Chapter 8 Skates and Drippers
  14. Chapter 9 Operation Goodwood
  15. Chapter 10 Life Onboard
  16. Chapter 11 Gibraltar
  17. Chapter 12 The Passage East
  18. Chapter 13 The British Pacific Fleet
  19. Chapter 14 Task Force 57
  20. Chapter 15 ICEBERG 5
  21. Chapter 16 ICEBERG 6
  22. Chapter 17 ICEBERG 7
  23. Chapter 18 The Kamikaze
  24. Chapter 19 The Second Attack
  25. Chapter 20 Black Friday
  26. Chapter 21 Flagship
  27. Chapter 22 Task Force 37
  28. Chapter 23 Target Japan
  29. Chapter 24 The Bomb
  30. Chapter 25 Victory Over Japan
  31. Chapter 26 Hotel Formidable
  32. Epilogue
  33. Acknowledgements
  34. Appendix: Service History
  35. Notes
  36. Bibliography

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