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Gallery Article by Sören Bartusch
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On 19 July 1918 the first
successful air raid in aviation history from an airplane parent ship took place
from the British H.M.S. Furious. The attack was directed against the
airship hangars in Tondern.
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For this attack
seven pilots of the Royal Navy were selected. The pilots were Captain W. D
Jackson, Captain W. F. Dickson, Captain B. A. Smart, Captain T. K. Thyne,
Lieutnant N. E. Williams, Lieutnant S. Dawson and Lieutnant W. A, Yewlett.
The attack of the airplanes should take place in two groups.