On this day 19 July 1918
Published: 19 Jul 2014
On 19 July 1918 seven Sopwith Ship's Camel Tractor biplanes took off from the converted large cruiser HMS Furious in a bombing raid on the Imperial German Navy's airship base at Tondern and destroyed two German Zeppelins, L.54 and L.60 and a captive balloon. It was the first ever attack made by wheeled aircraft flying from a carrier flight deck.
Full story of Tondern raid with personal accounts in pdf below.