Fleet Air Arm aircrew in the attack on the Bismarck. Part of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945

Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945

AIRCREW OF 810 AND 818 SQUADRONS FROM HMS ARK ROYAL WHICH CRIPPLED THE BISMARCK, 26 MAY 1941

HMS Ark Royal flight deck being prepared for her Swordfish to attack the German Battleship Bismarck in 1941

See the summary history of the attack on the Bismarck by the Fleet Air Arm in the FAA Archive Sink the Bismarck 60th anniversary page

The strike against the Bismarck was flown in two waves and associated sub-flights, the first wave was led by 818 squadron and the second by 810 squadron.

Aircrews:

First wave (818 squadron)
Coode, TP Lt Cdr RN (CO 818 squadron) Carver, ES Lt RN Dillnutt, WH P/O

Dixon-Child, WS Sub Lt (A) RNVR Penrose, GRC Sub Lt (A) RN Blake, RHW L/A

Moffatt, JWC Sub Lt (A) RNVR Miller, JD Sub Lt (A) RNVR Hayman, AJ L/A

Godfrey-Faussett, DF Lt RN Royall, LA Sub Lt(A) RN Graham, VR A/P/O

Pattisson, KS Sub Lt (A) RN Meadway, PB Sub Lt (A) RN Mulloy, DL N/A

Beale, AWD Sub Lt RN Friend, C Sub Lt (A) RN Pimlott, K L/A

Keane, S Lt (A) RN Goddard, RIW Sub Lt RN Mulliner, LC P/O

Jewell, CM Sub Lt (A) RN - Parkinson, GH L/A

Second wave (810 squadron)

Hunter, H deG Lt RN Stewart-Moore, JA Lt Cdr RN (CO 810 squadron) McColl, RH P/O

Lithgow, MJ Sub Lt (A) RN Cooper, NCM Sub Lt (A) RNVR Russell, J L/A

Swanton, FA Sub Lt (A) RN Woods, GA Sub Lt RNVR Seager, JR L/A

Owen-Smith, ASL Lt (A) RN Topham, GG Sub Lt (A) Watson, J P/O

Gardner, J Sub Lt (A) RN Longmuir, JB Sub Lt RNVR -

Willcocks, MF Sub Lt (A) RN Mays, HG Sub Lt (A) RN Finney, R L/A

Dixon, AN Sub Lt (A) RNVR Turner, JF Sub Lt RNVR Shields, ATA L/A

FURTHER INFORMATION
"Sinking the Bismarck 1941" by Bruce Heydt in FAA Aircrewmans association website
Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995)	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 0 85130 232 7

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