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VICKERS VALIANT SWIFT COMIC 1963-02-02 VOL 10 No 05 ART BY ROY CROSS
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1943 10 New Guinea, P-39 Airacobra 36 FS 8 FG - Roy Cross
1943 07 Short Stirling - Roy Cross
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Mk.III LJ582 “EXL”, of 199Sq, 3 Group, as it stood in RAF Lakenheath, July 1943
Being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the RAF, the Stirling was wisely designed during the late 1930s as a result of promising foreign developments in the 4-engine field, contrary the RAF’s intention back then to focus on increasingly capable 2-engine designs.By entering squadron service In early 1941, the Stirling was praised for its ability to out-turn enemy night fighters and its favorable handling characteristics in general. The low altitude ceiling for which the type was often criticized, together with some other negative performance aspects, might, at least partly, have been the result of questionable decisions by the Air Ministry on certain performance requirements (most significantly restricting the wingspan to 100ft).The Stirling had a relatively brief operational career as a bomber, due to the increasing availability of the more capable Halifax and Lancaster, which took over the strategic bombing of Germany. From late 1943, the type was relegated to second-line duties, including mining German ports, towing gliders and providing supplies during the Allied invasion of Europe.
1943 05 Swordfish rockets 816 NAS- Roy Cross
By May 1943, No. 816 NAS was a seasoned Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron with a history of anti-submarine and anti-shipping operations. Originally formed in October 1939 aboard HMS Furious with Fairey Swordfish for convoy protection, the squadron had seen action in multiple theaters, including Norway (1940), the Mediterranean (1941), and the Atlantic (1943). In early 1943, it was operating with Swordfish, likely the Mark II variant, which had been introduced that year with metal lower wings capable of mounting rockets—a significant upgrade for attacking surface targets. The squadron’s base of operations during this period is less certain, but it was likely shore-based at a southern England airfield, such as RAF Perranporth in Cornwall or RAF Manston in Kent, or possibly detached to an escort carrier like HMS Tracker or HMS Chaser, both of which it served aboard at various points in 1943.
The English Channel in May 1943 was a critical theater for disrupting German maritime supply lines, particularly as the Allies prepared for the eventual invasion of northwest Europe. German shipping in the Channel included coastal convoys, E-boats (Schnellboote, fast attack craft), and smaller vessels supporting the Atlantic Wall defenses. No. 816 NAS, with its Swordfish, would have been tasked with targeting these vessels, often under Coastal Command’s direction, to degrade German logistics and protect Allied shipping. The Swordfish’s ASV (Air-to-Surface Vessel) radar, operational since 1941, allowed it to locate targets in darkness or poor weather, making night missions a hallmark of its operations.
Equipped with rockets or bombs (torpedoes were less common against smaller Channel targets), they would patrol a sector between Start Point and Ushant, hunting for a German convoy reported by reconnaissance or Ultra intelligence.
In such a mission, the Swordfish would fly low, around 50-100 feet, using ASV radar to detect a target—say, a group of armed trawlers or an E-boat flotilla escorting supplies from Cherbourg to Boulogne. Upon sighting, the lead aircraft might signal an attack, climbing to 500 feet to fire rockets in a shallow dive, aiming to disable engines or ignite fuel stores. The others could follow with 250-lb bombs, targeting additional vessels or scattering the convoy. Success might be sinking one or two ships (100-500 tons each) or forcing the rest to disperse, with the flight returning under cover of darkness to avoid Luftwaffe interception. Losses were a risk; a Swordfish could be downed by flak or a night fighter, though German air cover in the Channel was waning by mid-1943.