Channel Dash - A Whirlwind Encounter by Robin Smith. SHN82 supported by a small detachment

supported by a small detachment of technicians and support personnel from their home base in Reno

crippling the Bismarcks rudder

assembled a huge air armada

In the mid fifties the depot ship was moored in Rothesay Bay providing a base for the 3rd Submarine Squadron

but he had great difficulty achieving the correct height and approach

Channel Dash - A Whirlwind Encounter by Robin Smith. SHN82 supported by a small detachmentRS0048. Channel Dash A Whirlwind Encounter by Robin Smith. February 12th 1942. A Westland Whirlwind rushes an attack on the Scharnhorst as one of 20 Me109s defending the German ships arrives on the scene. Despite opening fire at every opportunity, all four Whirlwinds of No. 137 Squadron were lost against the overwhelming opposition of enemy fighters from JG2 and the defensive guns of the ships. Three official claims for Whirlwinds were made by German