Supermarine Seafire ch.2
Lub teeb dav hlau thauj khoom HMS Triumph tau yees duab hauv Subic Bay hauv Philippines thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam nrog US Navy thaum Lub Peb Hlis 1950, tsis ntev ua ntej pib Tsov Rog Kauslim. Ntawm tus hneev taw ntawm FR Mk 47 Seafire 800th AH, ntawm lub stern - Fairey Firefly aircraft.
Yuav luag txij li thaum pib ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm hauv Royal Navy, Seafire tau hloov zuj zus los ntawm cov neeg tua rog uas muaj peev xwm sib ntaus sib tua ntau dua thiab zoo dua rau kev pabcuam ntawm cov dav hlau thauj khoom. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tseem nyob nrog British Navy ntev txaus los koom nrog hauv Tsov Rog Kauslim.
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Vim qhov kev ncua sij hawm ntawm kev nkag mus rau hauv kev pabcuam ntawm HMS Indefatigable - lub dav hlau thauj khoom ntawm lub nkoj tshiab Implacable - tos Seafire squadrons los ntawm 24th Fighter Wing (887th thiab 894th NAS) pom lawv tus kheej lwm txoj haujlwm. Raws li RAF Culmhead hauv Askiv Channel, lawv tau taug kev hla Brittany thiab Normandy, ua "kev tshawb nrhiav kev sib ntaus sib tua" lossis coj mus rau Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis 20 thiab Tsib Hlis 15, 1944, lawv tau ua tag nrho 400 lub dav hlau hla Fabkis. Lawv tau tawm tsam ntsib cov phiaj xwm hauv av thiab saum npoo, poob ob lub dav hlau los ntawm kev tiv thaiv hluav taws (ib qho ntawm txhua pab tub rog), tab sis yeej tsis sib tsoo nrog cov yeeb ncuab hauv huab cua.
Nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm no, nws tau txiav txim siab tias 3rd Naval Fighter Wing yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua li ntawm hiav txwv hauv kev coj cov tub rog tua hluav taws thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam tom ntej ntawm Normandy. Kev paub dhau los ntawm kev tsaws yav dhau los tau qhia tias Navy seaplanes ntawm lub hom phiaj no muaj kev cuam tshuam dhau los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab tua. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, lub 886. NAS thiab 885 tau tshwj xeeb "tso rov qab los" rau lub sijhawm no. Lub NAS tau nruab nrog thawj Seafires L.III, thiab 808th thiab 897th NAS tau nruab nrog Spitfires L.VB. Qhov thib peb tis, nthuav thiab yog li nruab, muaj 3 aircraft thiab 42 pilots. Ua ke nrog ob lub RAF squadrons (60 thiab 26 Squadrons) thiab ib lub US Navy squadron nruab nrog Spitfires (VCS 63), lawv tsim 7th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing nyob ntawm Lee-on-Solent ze ntawm Portsmouth. Lieutenant R. M. Crosley ntawm 34 Tebchaws Asmeskas tau hais tias:
Ntawm 3000 ko taw [915 m], Seafire L.III muaj 200 horsepower ntau dua li Spitfire Mk IX. Nws kuj yog 200 phaus [91 kg] sib dua. Peb ntxiv lightened peb Sifires los ntawm kev tshem tawm ib nrab ntawm lawv cov mos txwv load thiab ob peb ntawm tej thaj chaw deb tshuab phom. Lub dav hlau hloov kho nyob rau hauv txoj kev no muaj lub vojvoog tig nruj dua thiab siab dua yob thiab yob tus nqi tshaj Mk IX Spitfires mus txog 10 ko taw [000 m]. Qhov txiaj ntsig no yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau peb sai sai!
Crosley hais tias lawv cov Seafire tau tshem lawv cov tis tawm. Qhov no ua rau muaj ntau dua yob tus nqi thiab me ntsis siab dua sab saum toj, tab sis muaj qhov tshwm sim tsis txaus ntseeg:
Peb tau hais tias peb yuav tau txais kev tiv thaiv zoo los ntawm Luftwaffe los ntawm kev saib xyuas tas li ntawm 150 lwm tus neeg tua rog, nyob ntawm 30 ko taw [000 9150 m]. Tab sis peb tsis paub yuav ua li cas dhuav nws yuav tsum muaj rau tag nrho cov RAF thiab USAAF fighter pilots. Thaum thawj 72 teev ntawm kev tawm tsam, tsis yog ib qho ADR [air direction radar] taug qab lawv cov yeeb ncuab, uas lawv tsis tuaj yeem pom lawv tus kheej nyob txhua qhov chaw raws li lub qhov muag pom. Yog li ntawd, lawv ntsia ntawm kev xav paub. Lawv pom peb ncig ob ntawm ob ncig ntawm tus choj taub hau. Qee zaum peb ventured 20 mais hauv av. Lawv pom peb lub tis tis thiab ua rau peb yuam kev rau cov neeg tua neeg German. Txawm hais tias peb muaj kab txaij dub thiab dawb loj ntawm tis thiab lub fuselage, lawv tau tawm tsam peb dua. Thawj peb hnub ntawm kev ntxeem tau, tsis muaj dab tsi uas peb tau hais lossis tsis tuaj yeem txwv lawv.
Lwm qhov kev hem thawj peb cov tub rog tau paub zoo heev yog hluav taws tua hluav taws. Huab cua ntawm D yuam kom peb ya ntawm qhov siab ntawm tsuas yog 1500 ko taw [457 m]. Lub caij no, peb cov tub rog thiab tub rog tau tua txhua yam nyob rau hauv ncav cuag, thiab yog vim li cas, thiab tsis yog ntawm txhais tes ntawm cov Germans, peb raug kev txom nyem hnyav li D-Hnub thiab hnub tom qab.
Nyob rau thawj hnub ntawm kev ntxeem tau, Crosley ob zaug coj hluav taws rau ntawm lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Warspite. Kev sib txuas lus hauv xov tooj cua ntawm "spotters" nrog cov nkoj hauv Askiv Channel feem ntau cuam tshuam, yog li cov neeg tsav dav hlau tsis txaus siab tau pib ua haujlwm thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm lub hom phiaj lawv tau ntsib, ya hauv qab hluav taws kub ntawm Polish huab cua tiv thaiv, lub sijhawm no German. ib. Txog thaum yav tsaus ntuj ntawm Lub Rau Hli 6, 808, 885, thiab 886, Asmeskas tau poob ib lub dav hlau txhua; Ob tug kws tsav dav hlau (S/Lt HA Cogill thiab S/Lt AH Bassett) raug tua.
Qhov phem tshaj, tus yeeb ncuab paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm "spotters" thiab nyob rau hnub thib ob ntawm kev ntxeem tau, Luftwaffe fighters pib mus yos hav zoov rau lawv. Commander Lieutenant S.L. Devonald, tus thawj coj ntawm 885th NAS, tiv thaiv kev tawm tsam los ntawm yim Fw 190s rau kaum feeb. Ntawm txoj kev rov qab los, nws lub dav hlau puas tsuaj loj poob lub cav thiab yuav tsum tau tawm mus. Nyob rau hauv lem, Commander J. H. Keen-Miller, tus thawj coj ntawm lub hauv paus ntawm Lee-on-Solent, raug tua nyob rau hauv kev sib tsoo nrog rau Bf 109s thiab raug kaw. Tsis tas li ntawd, 886th NAS poob peb Seafires rau airsoft hluav taws. Ib tug ntawm lawv yog L/Cdr PEI Bailey, tus thawj coj tub rog uas raug tua los ntawm Allied artillery. Ua kom qis dhau rau tus qauv siv lub tshuab pa taws, nws qhib nws hauv lub cockpit thiab raug tshem tawm. Nws sawv rau hauv av, ua phem batter, tab sis ciaj sia. Sab Qab Teb ntawm Evrecy, Lieutenant Crosley xav tsis thoob thiab tua ib qho Bf 109, suav tias yog los ntawm chav tshawb nrhiav.
Thaum sawv ntxov hnub thib peb ntawm kev tawm tsam (Lub Rau Hli 8) dhau Ulgeit, Lieutenant H. Lang 886 ntawm NAS tau tawm tsam los ntawm lub hauv pliaj los ntawm ib khub ntawm Fw 190s thiab tua ib tus neeg tawm tsam hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ceev. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, nws tus kheej tau txais lub tshuab thiab raug yuam kom tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev. Lieutenant Crosley, uas tau hais kom tua hluav taws ntawm lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Ramillies hnub ntawd, nco qab tias:
Kuv tsuas yog nrhiav lub hom phiaj uas peb tau muab thaum muaj Spitfires tawm tsam peb. Peb dodged, qhia lub stigma. Tib lub sijhawm, kuv hu xov tooj cua rau Ramilis kom nres. Tus neeg tsav nkoj ntawm sab nraud pom tseeb tsis nkag siab qhov kuv tab tom tham txog. Nws tseem hais rau kuv tias "tos, npaj". Lub sijhawm no, peb tab tom sib tw, zoo li yog nyob rau ntawm lub carousel loj, nrog peb caug Spitfires. Qee tus ntawm lawv tau pom tseeb tsis yog rau peb xwb, tab sis kuj ntawm ib leeg. Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai heev, vim tias "peb" feem ntau tua tau zoo dua li snags thiab pom kev ua phem ntau dua. Cov neeg German, saib tag nrho cov no los ntawm hauv qab no, yuav tsum xav tsis thoob tias peb vwm li cas.
Muaj ntau qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog Luftwaffe fighters hnub ntawd thiab hnub tom qab, tab sis tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. Raws li lub taub hau txuas ntxiv, tus naj npawb ntawm lub hom phiaj rau lub nkoj tau txo qis, yog li cov "spotters" raug qhia kom tua hluav taws tsawg dua. Qhov kev koom tes no tau nce ntxiv ntawm 27 Lub Rau Hli thiab 8 Lub Xya Hli, thaum lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Rodney, Ramillies thiab Warspite tau foob Caen. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Seafire pilots tau raug xa mus nrog cov me me Kriegsmarine submarines uas ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau kev tawm tsam (ib tug ntawm lawv tau raug puas tsuaj los ntawm Polish cruiser ORP Dragon). Qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws yog cov neeg tsav nkoj ntawm 885th American Regiment, uas tau tsoo peb lub nkoj me me no thaum Lub Xya Hli 9th.
Cov tub rog Seafire tau ua tiav lawv txoj kev koom tes hauv Normandy ntxeem tau thaum Lub Xya Hli 15. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, lawv 3rd Naval Fighter Wing tau raug tshem tawm. Tom qab ntawd 886th NAS tau koom ua ke nrog 808th NAS, thiab 807th nrog 885th NAS. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, ob pawg tub rog tau rov nruab nrog Hellcats.
Supermarine Seafire airborne fighter aircraft los ntawm 880. NAS tawm ntawm aircraft carrier HMS Furious; Operation Mascot, Norwegian Hiav Txwv, Lub Xya Hli 1944
Norway (Lub Rau Hli - Kaum Ob Hlis 1944)
Thaum feem ntau ntawm cov tub rog sib koom ua ke hauv Tebchaws Europe tau dim Fabkis, Royal Navy txuas ntxiv mus nrhiav cov neeg nyob hauv Norway. Raws li ib feem ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Lombard, thaum Lub Rau Hli 1, Tsoomfwv Meskas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Lag Luam Dav Hlau tau tawm ntawm lub nkoj tub rog nyob ze Stadlandet. Kaum Victorious Corsairs thiab ib lub kaum Furious Seafires (801 thiab 880 US) raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm cov nkoj thauj neeg mus ncig xyuas cov nkoj. Lub sijhawm ntawd, Barracudas tau poob los ntawm ob chav German: Atlas (Sperrbrecher-181) thiab Hans Leonhardt. C / Lieutenant K.R. Brown, yog ib tus kws tsav dav hlau ntawm 801st NAS, tuag hauv hluav taws tiv thaiv huab cua.
Thaum Lub Sijhawm Ua Haujlwm Talisman - lwm qhov kev sim ua kom lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Tirpitz - thaum Lub Xya Hli 17, Sifires los ntawm 880 NAS (Furious), 887 thiab 894 NAS (Indefatigable) tau npog cov nkoj ntawm pab pawg. Kev Ua Haujlwm Turbine, tau ua thaum Lub Yim Hli 3 mus rau hauv thaj chaw Ålesund, ua tsis tiav vim huab cua hnyav. Feem ntau ntawm cov dav hlau los ntawm ob lub thauj khoom tig rov qab, thiab tsuas yog yim Seafires los ntawm 887th. Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau ua nws mus rau ntug dej hiav txwv uas lawv rhuav tshem lub xov tooj cua ntawm cov kob ntawm Vigra. Ib lub lim tiam tom qab (Lub Yim Hli 10, Kev Ua Haujlwm Spawn), Indefatigable rov qab los nrog ob lub dav hlau thauj khoom, uas nws Avengers tau mined txoj kev dej ntawm Bodø thiab Tromsø. Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, yim lub dav hlau Seafire tawm ntawm 894. NAS tau tawm tsam lub tshav dav hlau Gossen, qhov chaw uas lawv rhuav tshem rau Bf 110s coj los ntawm kev xav tsis thoob hauv av thiab lub kav hlau txais xov Würzburg radar.
Thaum Lub Yim Hli 22, 24 thiab 29 Lub Yim Hli, ua ib feem ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Goodwood, Royal Navy tau sim rov qhib lub Tirpitz zais hauv Altafjord. Nyob rau thawj hnub ntawm kev ua haujlwm, thaum Barracudas thiab Hellcats sim foob pob ua rog, yim Seafires tawm ntawm 887. Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau tawm tsam lub tshav dav hlau Banak thiab seaplane nyob ze. Lawv rhuav tshem plaub Blohm & Voss BV 138 lub nkoj ya thiab peb lub dav hlau: ob lub Arado Ar 196s thiab Heinkla He 115. Lieutenant R. D. Vinay raug tua. Nyob rau yav tav su ntawm tib hnub, Lieutenant H. T. Palmer thiab s / l R. Reynolds ntawm 894. Tebchaws Asmeskas, thaum nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm North Cape, qhia txog kev tua ntawm ob lub dav hlau BV 138 hauv lub sijhawm luv luv. poob ntawm ib leeg xwb. Nws nyob rau 3./SAGr (Seaufklärungsgruppe) 130 thiab nyob rau hauv cov lus txib ntawm ib tug lieutenant. Lub yim hli ntuj Elinger.
Tom ntej no Royal Navy foray mus rau Norwegian dej ntawm 12 Cuaj hlis yog Operation Begonia. Nws lub hom phiaj yog txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm Thaum lub Avengers ntawm cov escort aircraft carrier Trumpeter poob lawv mines, lawv escorts - 801st thiab 880th US - tab tom nrhiav rau lub hom phiaj. Nws tau tawm tsam ib lub tsheb me me, ua rau ob lub nkoj me me, Vp 5105 thiab Vp 5307 Felix Scheder, nrog kev tua phom loj. S/Lt MA Glennie ntawm 801 NAS raug tua nyob rau hauv hluav taws tiv thaiv huab cua.
Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, 801st thiab 880th NAS yuav tsum tau tso rau ntawm lub nkoj nkoj lub dav hlau tshiab, HMS Implacable. Txawm li cas los xij, nws txoj kev nkag mus rau hauv kev pabcuam raug ncua, yog li ntawd, thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm Begonia, ob pawg tub rog rov qab mus rau Fast thiab Furious, uas qhov no yog lub davhlau kawg hauv nws txoj haujlwm ntev. Tom qab ntawd lawv tau tsiv mus rau thaj av hauv paus, qhov chaw lawv tau raug tsim los rau hauv 30th Naval Fighter Aviation Regiment. Thaum kawg ntawm lub Cuaj Hli, 1th Wing (24th thiab 887th NAS) kuj tau mus rau ntug hiav txwv, thiab lawv lub dav hlau thauj khoom Indefatigable (ib yam li Implacable) rov qab mus rau lub nkoj rau kev hloov kho me me. Yog li ntawd, thaum Implacable qhia txog kev npaj rau kev pab cuam sai sai tom qab ntawd, 894th Wing tau nce mus ib ntus raws li cov neeg muaj kev paub ntau dua ntawm cov dav hlau no.
Lub hom phiaj ntawm lawv thawj qhov kev sib koom ua ke, uas tau tshwm sim thaum Lub Kaum Hli 19, yog tshawb nrhiav Tirpitz anchorage thiab txiav txim siab seb lub nkoj puas tseem nyob ntawd. Txoj haujlwm no tau ua los ntawm ob lub rooj sib tw Firefly; Thaum lub sij hawm, Seafires muab npog rau pab neeg lub nkoj. Qhov thib ob thiab zaum kawg foray los ntawm 24th Wing aboard Implacable yog Operation Athletic, uas tsom mus rau hauv cheeb tsam ntawm Bodø thiab Lödingen. Hnub thib ob ntawm kev ua haujlwm, Lub Kaum Hli 27, Sifires npog lub dav hlau Barracuda thiab Firefly, uas tau rhuav tshem U-1060 submarine nrog foob pob hluav taws. Rau 24th Wing, qhov no yog kev ua haujlwm kawg hauv European dej - tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Indefatigable coj lawv mus rau Far East.
Implacable rov qab mus rau Norwegian dej ntawm 27 Kaum Ib Hlis nrog nws 30th Fighter Wing (US 801st thiab 880th) nyob rau hauv. Kev Pabcuam Kev Ua Haujlwm yog tsom rau kev xa khoom hauv cheeb tsam Rørvik. Ib zaug ntxiv, Firefly fighters (uas, tsis zoo li Seafires ntawm Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib Ob, tau ua tub rog nrog plaub 20-mm cannons thiab yim missiles) thiab Barracuda fighters tau los ua lub zog tseem ceeb. Thaum lwm tus (ua haujlwm nroog nroog, Kaum Ob Hlis 7-8), lub hom phiaj uas yog rau kuv cov dej hauv cov salhusstremmen, lub nkoj raug puas tsuaj los ntawm huab cua cua daj cua dub. Nws kho thiab rov tsim kho dua tshiab (nrog rau kev nce hauv txoj haujlwm ntawm me me-caliber anti-aircraft artillery) txuas ntxiv mus txog rau lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo tom ntej. Tsuas yog tom qab qhov no ua Implacable thiab nws Seafires tau caij nkoj mus rau Pacific.
Ltalis
Thaum kawg ntawm lub Tsib Hlis 1944, squadrons ntawm 4th Naval Fighter Wing tuaj txog hauv Gibraltar, pib rau lub dav hlau nqa Attacking (879 US), Hunter (807 US) thiab Stalker (809 US). Thaum Lub Rau Hli thiab Lub Xya Hli lawv tau tiv thaiv kev sib tw ntawm Gibraltar, Algiers thiab Naples.
Txawm li cas los xij, tsis ntev nws tau pom tseeb tias nyob rau theem ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog no, escort aircraft carriers, ntau tshaj Seafires, xav tau lub dav hlau uas yuav tsum tau armed nrog missiles thiab qhov tob nqi los tiv thaiv convoys los ntawm submarines. Cov qub Swordfish biplanes tau zoo dua rau lub luag haujlwm no. Vim li no, thaum Lub Rau Hli 25, ib feem ntawm cov tub rog ntawm 4th Wing - 28 L.IIC Seafires los ntawm tag nrho peb pawg tub rog - tau pauv mus rau thaj av loj los cuam tshuam nrog RAF cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua.
Cov neeg sib tw no, hu ua Naval Fighter Wing D, tau pib nyob ntawm Fabrica thiab Orvieto txog 4 Lub Xya Hli thiab tom qab ntawd ntawm Castiglione thiab Perugia. Lub sijhawm no, nws tau ua, zoo li Spitfire squadrons nws nrog, tactical reconnaissance txoj hauj lwm, qhia artillery tua, tawm tsam hauv av lub hom phiaj thiab escorted bombers. Nws ntsib cov yeeb ncuab sib ntaus ib zaug - thaum Lub Rau Hli 29, ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau ntawm 807th tau koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua luv luv thiab tsis daws teeb meem ntawm Spitfires thiab ib pab pawg ntawm 30 Bf 109 thiab Fw 190 hla Perugia.
Lub koom haum tau xaus nws qhov chaw nyob hauv tebchaws Ltalis thaum 17 Lub Xya Hli 1944, rov qab los ntawm Blida hauv Algiers mus rau Gibraltar, qhov chaw nws tau koom nrog niam lub nkoj. Hauv peb lub lis piam hauv Tebchaws Europe, nws poob rau Seafires, suav nrog peb qhov xwm txheej thiab ib qho kev tawm tsam hmo ntuj ntawm Orvieto, tab sis tsis yog ib tus neeg tsav dav hlau. S/Lt RA Gowan los ntawm 879. Teb Chaws Asmeskas raug tua los ntawm huab cua tiv thaiv hluav taws thiab tsaws hla lub Apennines, qhov twg cov neeg koom nrog pom nws thiab rov qab mus rau chav tsev. S/Lt AB Foxley, kuj raug ntaus los ntawm av, tswj kom hla txoj kab ua ntej tsoo.
Lub escort aircraft carrier HMS Khedive tuaj txog hauv Mediterranean thaum kawg Lub Xya Hli. Nws coj nrog nws 899th US Regiment, uas yav tas los ua haujlwm ua tub rog cia. Qhov kev xav ntawm cov tub rog no tau npaj los txhawb kev tsaws yav tom ntej nyob rau yav qab teb Fabkis. Ntawm cuaj lub dav hlau thauj khoom ntawm Task Force 88, Seafires (tag nrho ntawm 97 lub dav hlau) sawv ntawm plaub. Cov no yog Attacker (879 US; L.III 24, L.IIC thiab LR.IIC), Khedive (899 US: L.III 26), Hunter (807 US: L.III 22, ob LR.IIC) thiab Stalker ( 809 USA: 10 L.III, 13 L.IIC and LR.IIC). Ntawm tsib lub dav hlau thauj khoom ntxiv, Hellcats tau muab tso rau ntawm peb (nrog rau ob tus neeg Asmeskas), thiab Wildcats ntawm ob.
Fabkis yav qab teb
Kev Ua Haujlwm Dragoon pib thaum Lub Yim Hli 15, 1944. Tsis ntev nws tau pom meej tias huab cua npog rau lub nkoj ntxeem tau thiab lub taub hau ntawm lub taub hau tsis tsim nyog, vim tias Luftwaffe tsis muaj zog txaus los tua lawv. Yog li ntawd, Sifires pib txav mus rau hauv av, tawm tsam kev tsheb khiav mus rau Toulon thiab Marseille. Aircraft version L.III siv lawv lub peev xwm foob pob. Thaum sawv ntxov ntawm Lub Yim Hli 17, kaum ob Seafires los ntawm Attacker thiab Khedive thiab plaub Hellcats los ntawm Imperator aircraft carrier foob pob hluav taws roj teeb ntawm cov kob ntawm Port-Cros.
Qee tus neeg nqa khoom ntawm Task Force 88, tsiv mus rau sab hnub poob raws Côte d'Azur, tau mus rau sab qab teb ntawm Marseille thaum kaj ntug rau 19 Lub Yim Hli, los ntawm qhov chaw Seafire tub rog nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm Toulon thiab Avignon. Ntawm no lawv tau pib tua cov tub rog German, uas tau rov qab los ntawm txoj kev uas coj mus rau Rhone hav. Tsiv mus rau sab hnub poob ntxiv, nyob rau 22 Lub Yim Hli Seafires ntawm Attacker thiab Hellcats ntawm Emperor disorganized lub German 11th Panzer Division en camped ze Narbonne. Thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, cov Seafires tseem tshuav, suav nrog lawv, coj cov hluav taws ntawm British (lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Ramillies), Fabkis (lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Lorraine) thiab cov neeg Amelikas (lub nkoj sib ntaus sib tua Nevada thiab lub nkoj hnyav Augusta), foob pob Toulon, uas thaum kawg tau tso tseg. on 28 aug.
Seafire squadrons ua tiav lawv txoj kev koom tes hauv Kev Ua Haujlwm Dragoon hnub ua ntej. Lawv tau ua ntau li 1073 hom (rau kev sib piv, 252 Hellcats thiab 347 Wildcats). Lawv cov kev sib ntaus sib tua tau poob rau 12 lub dav hlau. 14 tuag nyob rau hauv kev sib tsoo, suav nrog kaum poob rau hauv Khedive, uas nws pab tub rog yog qhov tsawg tshaj plaws. Cov neeg ua haujlwm poob raug txwv rau ob peb tus neeg tsav dav hlau. S / Lt AIR Shaw los ntawm 879. NAS muaj cov kev paub zoo tshaj plaws - raug tua los ntawm kev tua hluav taws, ntes thiab khiav tawm. Captured dua, nws dim dua, lub sij hawm no nrog kev pab los ntawm ob deserters los ntawm German pab tub rog.
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Tom qab Kev Ua Haujlwm Dragoon, cov koom nrog Royal Navy cov dav hlau thauj khoom tau nres ntawm Alexandria. Tsis ntev lawv txawm tawm hauv hiav txwv dua. Txij lub Cuaj Hlis 13 txog 20, 1944, ua ib feem ntawm Kev Tawm Tsam Tawm, lawv tau koom nrog kev tawm tsam ntawm kev khiav tawm German garrions ntawm Crete thiab Rhodes. Ob lub dav hlau thauj, Attacker thiab Khedive, nqa Seafires, lwm ob (Pursuer thiab Searcher) nqa Wildcats. Thaum pib, tsuas yog lub teeb pom kev zoo HMS Royalist thiab nws nrog cov neeg tua rog sib ntaus sib tua, rhuav tshem cov neeg German thaum hmo ntuj thiab rov qab los nyob rau hauv lub npog ntawm cov neeg tsav nkoj-raws li kev sib ntaus thaum nruab hnub. Nyob rau hauv cov hnub tom qab, Seafires thiab Wildcats prowled Crete, strafing cov kob lub wheeled tsheb.
Lub sijhawm ntawd, Emperor thiab nws Hellcats tau koom nrog pawg. Thaum sawv ntxov lub Cuaj Hlis 19, ib pawg ntawm 22 Seafires, 10 Hellcats thiab 10 Wildcats tau tawm tsam Rhodes. Qhov kev xav tsis thoob tau ua tiav, thiab tag nrho cov dav hlau rov qab tsis raug mob tom qab kev foob pob ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj loj ntawm cov kob. Hnub tom qab, pab neeg tau rov qab mus rau Alexandria. Thaum Lub Sijhawm Ua Haujlwm Sortie, Sifires tau ua ntau dua 160 hom thiab tsis poob ib lub dav hlau (hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua lossis kev sib tsoo), uas nyob rau hauv nws tus kheej yog qhov ua tau zoo heev.
