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Aviation Art Prints  Countries UK Squadron Index More Squadrons Squadrons 201 to 242  No.208 Sqn |
[UP] - No.201 Sqn - No.202 Sqn - No.203 Sqn - No.205 Sqn - No.207 Sqn - No.208 Sqn - No.209 Sqn - No.210 Sqn - No.213 Sqn - No.214_Sqn - No.216 Sqn - No.217 Sqn - No.218 Sqn - No.222 Sqn - No.225 Sqn - No.226 Sqn - No.228 Sqn - No.229 Sqn - No.230 Sqn - No.234 Sqn - No.235 Sqn - No.236 Sqn - No.238 Sqn - No.240 Sqn - No.242 Sqn |
No.208 Sqn
Country : UK
Founded : 1st April 1918
Codes : , GA, RG,
Vigilant
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Blue -Fire! by Michael Rondot. Buccaneer aircraft in action, launching a co-ordinated attack with Sea Eagle anti-ship sea-skimming missiles, the moment when the leader of the first element (callsign Blue) achieves his firing solution and initiates the ripple launch of his formations missiles by breaking radio silence with the traditional 208 Squadron radio call of Blue,-Fire! Nightmare scenario. Dusk over an empty sea. With lights out and in radio silence, three Buccaneers, each armed with 4 Sea-Eagle missiles, prepare to attack a Surface Action Group still beyond radar range. 150 miles away, three more Buccaneers are approaching the same target in a pincer attack timed to hit the target at exactly the same time. The first warning that the target will receive of the attack is when all 24 missile radar seekers switch on at close range for the final phase of the attack. Whilst the Buccaneers escape unseen, the defenses will be swamped with their worst nightmare - two volleys of missiles approaching without warning, at wave-top height, at 180 degrees to each other. |
Balloon Buster by Robert Taylor. Flying a Sopwith Camel with RFC Squadron 208, Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell brings down a German observation balloon near Arras, northern France, August 29, 1918. Botterell acknowledges the observer with a chivalrous salute before departing the scene. |
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