"Adventures of the British in the Arctic: Operation "Orator"" Topic

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Cuprum2	14 Oct 2024 1:27 a.m. PST
An article about the difficult fate of the British torpedo bombers "Hampden" in 1942 sent to the USSR to strengthen the torpedo aviation of the allies in the Arctic. Machine translation: link
korsun0	14 Oct 2024 3:55 a.m. PST
Great article. Amazing just to get the aircraft there and then they seemed quite ineffective. Thanks for that.
deadhead	18 Oct 2024 1:59 p.m. PST
THe story is of a tragic waste of lives and obsolete equipment, followed by USSR paranoia of any attempt to send them aid, if it involved access to harbours or airfields. I will admit, I had no idea anyone was daft enough to employ the Hampden as a (by definition low level) torpedo bomber.The Devastator sounds a better bet against Zeros
Cuprum2	18 Oct 2024 6:00 p.m. PST
In fact, this story was not the only British operation in Northern Russia. There was also Operation Benedict: link

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