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The story of a doomed operation in February 1942 against impossible odds and the man who became the first Fleet Air Arm winner of the highest recognition for valour.

When the ill-fated White Russian battleship was broken up in Tunisia its guns were sent all over the world, changed hands often, and fought for many new owners.

In April1941 F/O Campbell carried out a torpedo strike on the battleship Gneisenau in Brest Harbour. His attack was successful but cost the entire crew their lives.

The Fairey Swordfish was approaching obsolescence at the outbreak of World War II and despite that handicap it was still in front-line service on VE Day.