What the records say
- When
- 19 Jul 1918
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 54.96° N, 8.85° E
- Description
- 1918 British bombing raid of the airship base at Tønder
Tondern raid
1918 British bombing raid in Tønder, Denmark
The Tondern raid or Operation F.7, was a British bombing raid by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force against the Imperial German Navy airship base at Tønder, Denmark, then part of Germany. The airships were used for the strategic bombing of Britain. On 19 July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels took off from HMS Furious, a converted battlecruiser, in the first attack in history by aircraft from an aircraft carrier.
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