Torndern Raid

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Conducted by the Royal Navy, the Torndern Raid, also known as Operation F.7, was the first raid from an aircraft carrier, HMS Furious in July 1918. Much as in the 1942 Doolittle Raid, the planes took off from the carrier but did not attempt to land on it.

The Sopwith Camel aircraft damaged German Zeppelin facilities at Torndern (now Tønder, Denmark), heavily damaging it. During the raid, the British light cruiser HMS Cleopatra, part of the escort, rammed and sank the German destroyer G194.

One aircraft turned back after launch, and six completed the raid. Of those, five either ditched successfully or landed ashore. One pilot was lost.

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