I-Supermarine Seafire ch.2
Isithwali sezindiza esilula i-HMS Triumph esathwetshulwa e-Subic Bay ePhilippines ngesikhathi sokuqondisa esihilela i-US Navy ngoMashi 1950, ngaphambi nje kokugqashuka kweMpi YaseKorea. Phansi kwendiza i-FR Mk 47 Seafire 800th AN, ngasemuva - indiza ye-Failey Firefly.
Cishe kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wayo e-Royal Navy, i-Seafire yathathelwa indawo ngokulandelana ama-fighters anamandla amakhulu okulwa futhi afaneleka kangcono ukuseviswa kubathwali bezindiza. Nokho, wahlala neButho Lempi Lamasosha LaseBrithani isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuba ahlanganyele eMpini YaseKorea.
I-Northern France
Ngenxa yokubambezeleka ekungeneni kwesevisi ye-HMS Indefatigable - umthwali wezindiza wemikhumbi entsha ye-Implacable - ama-Seafire squadrons alindile avela ku-24th Fighter Wing (887th kanye ne-894th NAS) azitholele omunye umsebenzi. Bazinze e-RAF Culmhead ku-English Channel, bahamba phezu kwe-Brittany ne-Normandy, noma beqhuba "ulwazi lokulwa" noma bephelezela ama-Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers. Phakathi kuka-April 20 noMeyi 15, 1944, benza ingqikithi yezindiza ezingama-400 phezu kweFrance. Bahlasele izindawo okuhloswe kuzo phansi nangaphezulu, balahlekelwa izindiza ezimbili emlilweni wokuvikela emoyeni (eyodwa eqenjini ngalinye), kodwa abakaze bangqubuzane nesitha emoyeni.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, kwanqunywa ukuthi i-3rd Naval Fighter Wing izoba usizo kakhulu kunasolwandle ekuqondiseni umlilo wezikhali zasolwandle ngesikhathi sokuhlasela okuzayo kwe-Normandy. Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuhlala phansi kwangaphambilini kubonise ukuthi izindiza zasolwandle zeNavy kulo mkhankaso zazisengozini kakhulu ukuba zingahlaselwa abalwi bezitha. Ngo-April, abangu-886. I-NAS kanye nabangu-885 ngokukhethekileyo “bavuswa kwabafileyo” kulo mcimbi.I-NAS yayihlome nge-Seafires L.III yokuqala, kanti i-808th kanye ne-897th NAS yayihlome nge-Spitfires L.VB. Iphiko lesithathu, elinwetshiwe futhi lahlonyiswa kanjalo, lalihlanganisa izindiza ezi-3 nabashayeli bezindiza abangu-42. Bekanye namaqembu amabili e-RAF (ama-60 nama-26 Squadrons) kanye neqembu elilodwa le-US Navy elihlome nge-Spitfires (VCS 63), bakha i-7th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing emiswe e-Lee-on-Solent ngasePortsmouth. ULieutenant R. M. Crosley wase-34 USA ukhumbule:
Njengoba ingamamitha angu-3000 ukuphakama, i-Seafire L.III yayinamandla amahhashi angaphezu kuka-915 kuneSpitfire Mk IX. Yayilula futhi ngamakhilogremu angu-200. Siphinde salulaza ama-Sifires ethu ngokukhipha ingxenye yezinhlamvu zawo kanye nezibhamu ezimbalwa ezikude. Izindiza ezishintshwe ngale ndlela zazinobubanzi obuqinile bokuphenduka nezinga eliphakeme kunawo wonke ama-Mk IX Spitfires angamamitha angu-200 91 ukuphakama. Le nzuzo izoba usizo kakhulu kithi maduze!
UCrosley ukhuluma ngokuthi i-Seafire yabo yasuswa amaphiko abo. Lokhu kubangele izinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokugoqa kanye nesivinini esiphezulu kancane, kodwa kube nomthelela ongalindelekile:
Satshelwa ukuthi sasizovikelwa kahle eLuftwaffe ngokugada okuqhubekayo kwamanye amasosha angu-150, ayebuthelwe endaweni engamamitha angu-30 000. Kodwa besingazi ukuthi kufanele ukuthi bekuyisicefe kangakanani kubo bonke labo bashayeli bezindiza be-RAF ne-USAAF. Phakathi namahora angu-9150 okuqala okuhlasela, akukho neyodwa i-ADR [i-radar yokuqondisa umoya] eyalandelela izitha zabo, ababengakwazi ukuzibonela ngawabo noma kuphi lapho bengabona khona. Ngakho babheka phansi ngenxa yelukuluku. Basibona sizungeza ngababili sizungeza amabhuloho. Kwesinye isikhathi sasihamba amamayela angu-72 phakathi nezwe. Babona amaphiko ethu angama-angular base becabanga ukuthi singamasosha aseJalimane. Nakuba sasinemigqa emikhulu emnyama nemhlophe emaphikweni nasesifundeni, asihlasela ngokuphindaphindiwe. Ezinsukwini ezintathu zokuqala zokuhlasela, akukho esikushilo noma esikwenzile okwakungabavimba.
Olunye usongo amasosha ethu asolwandle ayelwazi kahle ukuthi umlilo ovimbela izindiza. Isimo sezulu kwa-D sasiphoqa ukuba sindize endaweni engamamitha angu-1500 kuphela ukuphakama. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ibutho lethu nebutho lezempi lasolwandle lalidubula kuyo yonke into eyayingafinyelelwa, futhi yingakho, hhayi ezandleni zamaJalimane, salahlekelwa kakhulu kangaka ngo-D-Day nangosuku olulandelayo.
Ngosuku lokuqala lokuhlasela, uCrosley waqondisa kabili umlilo emkhunjini wezempi iWarspite. Ukuxhumana komsakazo we "spotters" nemikhumbi ku-English Channel kwakuvame ukuphazamiseka, ngakho-ke abashayeli bezindiza abangenasineke bathatha isinyathelo futhi badubula ngokungenangqondo ezihlosweni ababehlangabezane nazo, bendiza ngaphansi komlilo ocinene wokuzivikela emoyeni wasePoland, kulokhu iJalimane. eyodwa. Kusihlwa ngo-June 6, 808, 885, no-886, i-US yayilahlekelwe yindiza eyodwa ngayinye; Abashayeli bezindiza ababili (u-S/Lt HA Cogill no-S/Lt AH Bassett) babulawa.
Okubi nakakhulu, isitha sabona ukubaluleka kwe "spotters" futhi ngosuku lwesibili lokuhlasela, ama-Luftwaffe fighters aqala ukubazingela. Umkhuzi uLieutenant S.L. U-Devonald, umkhuzi we-885th NAS, wavikela ekuhlaselweni ngama-Fw 190 ayisishiyagalombili imizuzu eyishumi. Lapho ebuya, indiza yakhe eyayilimele kakhulu yalahlekelwa injini futhi kwadingeka isuke. Naye, u-Commander J. H. Keen-Miller, umkhuzi wesizinda e-Lee-on-Solent, wadutshulwa washayisana nama-Bf 109 ayisithupha waboshwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-886th NAS ilahlekelwe yi-Seafire emithathu ngenxa yomlilo we-airsoft. Omunye wabo kwakungu-L/Cdr PEI Bailey, umholi weqembu owadutshulwa wadutshulwa yizikhali ze-Allied. Njengoba yayiphansi kakhulu ukuthi ingasebenzisa ipharashuti elivamile, yalivula endaweni yabagibeli yakhishwa. Waphaphama phansi eshaywe kanzima kodwa ephila. Eningizimu ye-Evrecy, uLieutenant Crosley umangaze futhi wadubula i-Bf 109 eyodwa, cishe evela ophikweni lokuhlola.
Ekuseni ngosuku lwesithathu lokuhlasela (Juni 8) phezu kwe-Ulgeit, uLieutenant H. Lang 886 we-NAS wahlaselwa esiphongweni ngababili be-Fw 190s futhi wadubula phansi omunye wabahlaseli ngengxabano esheshayo. Ngemva komzuzwana, yena ngokwakhe washaywa futhi waphoqeleka ukuba enze indawo ephuthumayo. ULieutenant Crosley, owayala umlilo ngomkhumbi wezempi i-Ramillies ngalolo suku, wakhumbula:
Bengithi nje ngifuna lelitshe ebesilinikwa ngesikhathi sihlaselwa yiqulu lamaSpitfires. Savika, sibonisa isigcwagcwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngabiza uRamilis emsakazweni ukuba ayeke. Itilosi elingaphesheya kusobala ukuthi belingayiqondi into engikhuluma ngayo. Wayelokhu engitshela ukuthi "wait, ready". Ngalesi sikhathi, sasijaha sodwa, njengokungathi sikwi-carousel enkulu, ene-Spitfires engamashumi amathathu. Abanye babo ngokusobala bebengadubuli kithina kuphela, kodwa futhi bedubulana. Kwakwethusa kakhulu, ngoba “okwethu” ngokujwayelekile badubula kangcono kunama-snags futhi bakhombisa ulaka olwengeziwe. AmaJalimane, ebheka konke lokhu ngaphansi, kufanele ukuba azibuze ukuthi yini esasihlanya ngayo.
Kwakukhona ezinye izingxabano eziningana nabalweli be-Luftwaffe ngalolo suku kanye nezinsuku ezilandelayo, kodwa ngaphandle kwemiphumela ebonakalayo. Njengoba amabhuloho akhula, inani lalokho okuhlosiwe kwemikhumbi lehla, ngakho-ke "ababala" bayalwe ukuthi baqhume kancane kancane. Lokhu kubambisana kwaphinde kwaqina phakathi kuka-27 Juni kanye no-8 Julayi, lapho imikhumbi yempi u-Rodney, u-Ramillies kanye ne-Warspite ihlasela i-Caen. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abashayeli bezindiza be-Seafire babelwa ukubhekana nemikhumbi-ngwenya ye-Kriegsmarine encane eyayisongela imikhumbi yokuhlasela (omunye wabo walinyazwa kabi yi-Polish cruiser ORP Dragon). Abaphumelele kakhulu bekungabashayeli bezindiza be-885th American Regiment, abacwilisa emithathu yale mikhumbi emincane ngoJulayi 9.
Amaqembu e-Seafire aqede ukuhlanganyela kwawo ekuhlaselweni kweNormandy ngomhla ziyi-15 kuJulayi. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, i-3rd Naval Fighter Wing yabo yahlakazwa. I-886th NAS yabe isihlanganiswa ne-808th NAS, futhi yama-807 ne-885th NAS. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, womabili la maqembu aphinde ahlonyiswa nge-Hellcats.
I-Supermarine Seafire airborne fighter aircraft esuka ku-880. I-NAS isuka kusithwali sezindiza i-HMS Furious; Operation Mascot, Norwegian Sea, July 1944
I-Norway (June-December 1944)
Ngenkathi iningi lamabutho ahlangene eYurophu likhulula iFrance, iRoyal Navy yaqhubeka nokuphishekela abahlali baseNorway. Njengengxenye ye-Operation Lombard, ngo-June 1, indiza ye-US Federal Aviation Administration yasuka odwendweni lwamasosha asolwandle eduze kwase-Stadlandet. Ama-Victorious Corsairs ayishumi kanye nama-Furious Seafires (801 kanye nama-880 US) adubule emikhunjini ephelezela imikhumbi. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Barracudas yacwiliswa amayunithi amabili aseJalimane: i-Atlas (Sperrbrecher-181) noHans Leonhardt. C / uLieutenant K.R. UBrown, omunye wabashayeli bezindiza be-801st NAS, ushone emlilweni wokuvikela umoya.
Ngesikhathi se-Operation Talisman - omunye umzamo wokucwilisa umkhumbi wezempi i-Tirpitz - ngoJulayi 17, i-Sifires esuka ku-880 NAS (Furious), 887 kanye ne-894 NAS (Indefatigable) yamboza imikhumbi yeqembu. I-Operation Turbine, eyenziwa ngo-Agasti 3 ukuze izule endaweni yase-Ålesund, ayiphumelelanga ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi. Iningi lezindiza ezivela kuzo zombili izithwali zabuyela emuva, futhi ama-Seafire ayisishiyagalombili kuphela ukusuka ku-887. I-US yafinyelela ogwini lapho yacekela khona umsakazo esiqhingini saseVigra. Ngemva kwesonto (August 10, Operation Spawn), i-Indefatigable yabuya nezinkampani ezimbili zezindiza eziphelezelwayo, ama-Avengers azo ayemba umgwaqo wamanzi phakathi kweBodø neTromsø. Kulo mcimbi, izindiza eziyisishiyagalombili ze-Seafire kwezingu-894. I-NAS ihlasele inkundla yezindiza i-Gossen, lapho yacekela khona ama-Bf 110 ayisithupha abanjwe ngokumangala phansi kanye ne-radar antenna yase-Würzburg.
Ngomhla zingama-22, zingama-24 no-29 ku-Agasti, njengengxenye ye-Operation Goodwood, iRoyal Navy yaphinde yazama ukukhubaza i-Tirpitz efihliwe e-Altafjord. Ngosuku lokuqala lokusebenza, lapho i-Barracudas ne-Hellcats izama ukuqhuma ibhomu lempi, ama-Seafires ayisishiyagalombili aphuma ku-887. I-US yahlasela isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Banak esiseduze kanye nesisekelo sezindiza zasolwandle. Bacekela phansi izikebhe ezindizayo ezine ze-Blohm & Voss BV 138 kanye nezindiza zasolwandle ezintathu: ezimbili ze-Arado Ar 196 kanye ne-Heinkla He 115. ULieutenant R. D. Vinay wadutshulwa. Ntambama ngalo lolo suku, uLieutenant H. T. Palmer kanye no-s/l R. Reynolds be-894. I-USA, ngesikhathi ihlola eNorth Cape, yabika ngokudutshulwa kwezindiza ezimbili ze-BV 138 ngesikhathi esifushane. ukulahlekelwa eyodwa kuphela. Kwakungeka-3./SAGr (Seaufklärungsgruppe) 130 futhi yayingaphansi komyalo ka-lieutenant. August Elinger.
I-Royal Navy elandelayo ingena emanzini aseNorway ngomhla ziyi-12 kuSeptemba kwakuyi-Operation Begonia. Inhloso yawo kwakuwukwemba imizila yemikhumbi endaweni yase-Aramsund. Ngenkathi i-Avengers yenkampani ethwala indiza ephelezelwa uTrumpeter iwisa izimayini zayo, abaphelezeli bayo - 801st and 880th US - bebefuna okuhlosiwe. Uhlasele i-convoy encane, wacwilisa abaphelezeli ababili abancane, i-Vp 5105 ne-Vp 5307 Felix Scheder, ngomlilo wezikhali. U-S/Lt MA Glennie we-801 NAS ubulawe emlilweni wokuvikela emoyeni.
Ngalesi sikhathi, i-801st kanye ne-880th NAS yayizomiswa kusithwali sezindiza esisha salo mkhumbi, i-HMS Implacable. Nokho, ukungena kwayo enkonzweni kwabambezeleka, ngakho-ke, ngesikhathi se-Operation Begonia, amaqembu womabili abuyela ku-Fast and Furious, okwakuyindiza yokugcina emsebenzini wakhe omude. Babe sebethuthela endaweni engaphansi komhlaba, lapho bamiswa khona ngokusemthethweni baba yiButho lama-30 le-Naval Fighter Aviation. Ekupheleni kukaSepthemba, i-1th Wing (24th kanye ne-887th NAS) nayo yaya ogwini, futhi umthwali wabo wendiza i-Indefatigable (wohlobo olufanayo ne-Implacable) wabuyela endaweni yemikhumbi ukuze kwenziwe izinto zesimanjemanje. Ngakho-ke, lapho i-Implacable ibika ukulungela isevisi maduze nje ngemva kwalokho, i-894th Wing yagibela isikhashana njengenkampani ethwala indiza enolwazi lwalolu hlobo.
Inhloso yohambo lwabo lokuqala ngokuhlanganyela, olwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 19, kwakuwukuhlola isikhungo saseTirpitz nokuthola ukuthi umkhumbi wempi wawusekhona yini. Lo msebenzi wenziwa yizilwi zeFirefly ezinezihlalo ezimbili; ngaleso sikhathi, i-Seafires yanikeza ikhava yemikhumbi yeqembu. Isenzo sesibili nesokugcina soPhiko lwama-24 ku-Implacable kwaba i-Operation Athletic, obekuhloswe ngayo ukudlulela ezindaweni zaseBodø naseLödingen. Ngosuku lwesibili lomsebenzi, ngo-Okthoba 27, i-Sifires yavala indiza ye-Barracuda ne-Firefly, eyacekela phansi umkhumbi-ngwenya we-U-1060 ngama-rocket salvos. Ophikweni lwama-24, lokhu kwaba ukuhlinzwa kokugcina emanzini aseYurophu - ngemuva nje kwalokho, i-Indefatigable yabayisa eMpumalanga Ekude.
U-Implacable ubuyele emanzini ase-Norwegian ngomhla zingama-27 kuNovemba ehamba ne-30th Fighter Wing (US 801st kanye ne-880th) egibele. I-Operation Provident yayihloselwe ukuthumela ngemikhumbi endaweni yaseRørvik. Nalapha futhi, ama-Firefly fighters (okungafani namaSeafires eMpi Yezwe Yesibili, ayehlome ngezinganono ezine ezingama-20-mm nemicibisholo eyisishiyagalombili) kanye nama-Barracuda fighters aba amandla amakhulu. Kwesinye isigameko (i-Operation Urban, Disemba 7-8), inhloso yayo kwakuwukumba amanzi endaweni yase-Salhusstremmen, umkhumbi wonakaliswa ngenxa yesimo sezulu esishisayo. Ukulungiswa nokwakhiwa kabusha kwayo (okuhlanganisa nokwenyuka kwezikhundla zezikhali ezincane ezilwa nezindiza) kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba sentwasahlobo yonyaka ozayo. Kungemva kwalokhu kuphela lapho u-Implacable kanye ne-Seafires yakhe bahamba ngomkhumbi baya ePacific.
I-Italy
Ekupheleni kukaMeyi 1944, ama-squadrons we-4th Naval Fighter Wing afika e-Gibraltar, aqala ukuthwala izindiza i-Attacking (879 US), u-Hunter (807 US) no-Stalker (809 US). NgoJuni noJulayi bagada ama-convoys phakathi kweGibraltar, Algiers neNaples.
Nokho, ngokushesha kwaba sobala ukuthi kulesi sigaba sempi, ukuphelezela abathwali bezindiza, ngaphezu kwe-Seafires, kwakudingeka izindiza ezingahlonyiswa ngemicibisholo nezindleko ezijulile ukuze kuvikelwe imikhumbi-ngwenya emikhumbi-ngwenya. Amabhanoyi amadala e-Swordfish ayeyifanele kangcono le ndima. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngo-June 25, ingxenye yamabutho e-4th Wing - 28 L.IIC Seafires avela kuwo wonke ama-squadrons amathathu - adluliselwa ezwenikazi ukuze axhumane ne-RAF fighter regiments.
Lesi sigameko, esaziwa nge-Naval Fighter Wing D, saqale samiswa e-Fabrica nase-Orvieto kwaze kwaba zi-4 kuJulayi bese kuba seCastiglione nasePerugia. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, wenza, njengamaqembu e-Spitfire ayehambisana nawo, imisebenzi yokuhlola ngobuhlakani, izibhamu eziqondiswe ngezibhamu, wahlasela izinhloso zaphansi kanye namabhomu aphelezelwayo. Wahlangana nabalwi bezitha kanye kuphela - ngoJuni 29, abashayeli bezindiza ababili be-807th babamba iqhaza emdonsisweni omfushane ongaxazululiwe phakathi kwamaSpitfires kanye neqembu labacishe babe ngama-30 Bf 109 kanye ne-Fw 190 phezu kwePerugia.
Iqembu laqeda ukuhlala kwalo e-Italy mhla ziyi-17 kuJulayi 1944, labuya ngeBlida e-Algiers liya eGibraltar, lapho lajoyina khona imikhumbi yomama. Emasontweni amathathu e-Continent, ulahlekelwe amaSeafire ayisithupha, okuhlanganisa amathathu ezingozini kanye noyedwa ekugaseleni ebusuku e-Orvieto, kodwa akekho noyedwa umshayeli wendiza. U-S/Lt RA Gowan wakwa-879. U-USA udutshulwe ngomlilo we-air Defence wawela phezu kwe-Apennines, lapho abashokobezi bamthola khona base bebuyela kulolu phiko. U-S/Lt AB Foxley, naye ushaye phansi, ukwazile ukweqa umugqa ngaphambi kokuwa.
Isithwali sezindiza esiphelezelwa u-HMS Khedive safika eMedithera ekupheleni kukaJulayi. Weza ne-899th US Regiment, ngaphambili eyayisebenza njengeqembu labaqaphi. Lokhu kuhlanganiswa kwamabutho kwakuhloswe ukusekela ukufika okuzayo eningizimu yeFrance. Ebathwali bezindiza abayisishiyagalolunye be-Task Force 88, i-Seafires (inani lezindiza ezingama-97) ime kwezine. Laba kwakungu-Attacker (879 US; L.III 24, L.IIC kanye ne-LR.IIC), Khedive (899 US: L.III 26), Hunter (807 US: L.III 22, LR.IIC amabili) kanye noStalker ( 809 USA: 10 L.III, 13 L.IIC kanye ne-LR.IIC). Ebathwali bezindiza abahlanu abasele, ama-Hellcats abekwe kwabathathu (kuhlanganise nabaseMelika ababili), kanye nama-Wildcats amabili.
I-Southern France
I-Operation Dragoon yaqala ngo-August 15, 1944. Ngokushesha kwacaca ukuthi ikhava yomoya yemikhumbi ehlaselayo kanye namabhuloho kwakungadingeki ngokomthetho, njengoba iLuftwaffe yayingazizwa inamandla ngokwanele ukuba ibahlasele. Ngakho-ke, ama-Sifires aqala ukuhamba phakathi nezwe, ehlasela izimoto emigwaqweni eya eToulon naseMarseille. Inguqulo yendiza engu-L.III isebenzise amandla ayo okuqhumisa amabhomu. Ekuseni ngo-Agasti 17, i-Seafires eyishumi nambili evela ku-Attacker ne-Khedive kanye nama-Hellcats amane avela ku-Imperator yendiza ethwala indiza yaqhumisa ibhethri yezikhali esiqhingini sase-Port-Cros.
Abanye babathwali be-Task Force 88, eya ngasentshonalanga eduze kwe-Côte d'Azur, bafika eningizimu ye-Marseille ekuseni ngo-Agasti 19, lapho amabutho e-Seafire ayephakathi kohlu lwe-Toulon ne-Avignon. Lapha baqala ukucekela phansi ibutho lamaJalimane, elalihlehla emigwaqweni ekhuphukela esigodini saseRhone. Ukuqhubekela phambili nasentshonalanga, ngo-Agasti 22 I-Seafires of Attacker and Hellcats of Emperor yahlakaza i-German 11th Panzer Division eyayikanise eduze kwaseNarbonne. Ngaleso sikhathi, amaSeafire asele, kuhlanganise nawo, aqondisa umlilo wamaNgisi (umkhumbi wezempi iRamillies), amaFulentshi (umkhumbi wezempi iLorraine) kanye namaMelika (umkhumbi wezempi iNevada kanye nesikebhe esinzima u-Augusta), eqhumisa amabhomu eToulon, eyagcina izinikele. ngo-Agasti 28.
Amasosha asolwandle aqede ukuhlanganyela kwawo ku-Operation Dragoon ngayizolo. Benza ama-sorties amaningi afika ku-1073 (ukuqhathanisa, ama-Hellcats angu-252 kanye nama-Wildcats angu-347). Ukulahlekelwa kwabo empini kwaba yizindiza ezingu-12. Abangu-14 bashone ezingozini zokufika, okuhlanganisa abayishumi abaphahlazeka umkhumbi iKhedive, iqembu lamasosha ayengenalo ulwazi oluncane. Ukulahlekelwa kwabasebenzi bekukhawulelwe kubashayeli bezindiza abambalwa. U-S/Lt AIR Shaw kusuka ku-879. I-NAS ibe nezinto ezithokozisa kakhulu - yadutshulwa ngomlilo omelene nendiza, yabanjwa futhi yaphunyuka. Ephinde ethunjwa, waphinde weqa, kulokhu ngosizo lwabahlamuki ababili bebutho lamaJalimane.
Греция
Ngemuva kwe-Operation Dragoon, abathwali bezindiza beRoyal Navy ababambe iqhaza bafika e-Alexandria. Ngokushesha base bephuma olwandle futhi. Kusukela ngo-September 13 kuya ku-20, 1944, njengengxenye ye-Operation Exit, babamba iqhaza ekuhlaseleni amabutho aseJalimane ayephuma eCrete naseRhodes. Izindiza ezimbili ezithwala izindiza, i-Attacker kanye ne-Khedive, zithwele ama-Seafires, ezinye ezimbili (i-Pursuer kanye ne-Search) zithwele ama-Wildcats. Ekuqaleni, i-HMS Royalist kuphela kanye nababhubhisi ababehambisana nayo abalwa, bacekela phansi ama-convoys amaJalimane ebusuku futhi bahlehla ngaphansi kwekhava yamasosha asebenza esiphathini emini. Ezinsukwini ezalandela, i-Seafires and Wildcats yazulazula eKrethe, idonsa izimoto zalesi siqhingi ezinamasondo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uMbusi namaHellcats akhe bajoyina iqembu. Ekuseni ngoSepthemba 19, iqembu lama-Seafires angama-22, ama-Hellcats ayi-10 kanye nama-Wildcats ayi-10 ahlasela iRhodes. Ukumangala kwaphela, futhi zonke izindiza zabuya zingenamyocu ngemva kokuqhuma kwamabhomu kwechweba elikhulu esiqhingini. Ngosuku olulandelayo, iqembu labuyela e-Alexandria. Phakathi ne-Operation Sortie, i-Sifires yenza ama-sorties angaphezu kuka-160 futhi ayizange ilahlekelwe indiza eyodwa (ekulweni noma engozini), okuyinto ngokwayo eyaba yimpumelelo.
