November 12 – Michael Torrens-Spence was one of 21 navy flyers who made history on the night of 11/12 November 1940 in the first air attack launched from a carrier. Discover his story, a pilot’s account of the Battle of Taranto and a Roll of Fleet Air Arm WW2 personnel from NI in today’s post. On this day in 1944, 29 RAF Lancasters sink the German battleship Tirpitz near Tromsø, Norway. In 1942 three RN men die. One of them, Wilson Thornton, had been a member of HMS Caroline’s football team. In WW1 Harden Scott, a Ballynahinch scout leader, died serving with the Royal Flying Corps. Mark Bacon of Portstewart is one of three veterans in today’s Roll. Get today’s report here –
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