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Aviation Art Prints Countries UK Squadron Index More Squadrons Squadrons 357 to 488 No.455 Sqn RAAF

No.455 Sqn RAAF
Country : Australia
Founded : 6th June 1941
Disbanded 25th May 1945
Codes : , UB,

Strike and strike again

No.455 Sqn RAAF Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings Aviation Art

Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor. 3 of 5 editions available. 3 of 4 editions featuring up to 7 additional signatures are available. £210.00 - £325.00

Turmoil in Norwegian Waters by Marii Chernev. 2 editions. One edition features an additional signature. £20.00 - £40.00

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Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor. By the spring of 1945, Germanys once all-conquering submarine fleet, driven by allied forces from its bases in estern France, had fled to the relative safety of the Norwegian fjords - territory still remaining under German occupation since 1940. In one of Hitlers last stands, more than 100 U-Boats, merchant freighters, flakships, and other military vessels were hathered in the narrow fjords, laying up by day and sailing undercover of darkness. They were a menace that had to be dealt with. Tasked with the difficult job of eliminating this force were the Beaufighters and Mosquitos of RAF Coastal Commands Strike Wings based in Scotland. - Our job was to go after this shipping and sink it - recalled Wing Commader Colin Milson, C.O. of No. 455s Beaufighters. - The fjords were often just 200 - 300 yards across with cliffs rising vertically up 2000 feet, the deep water allowing the German shipping to get in beneath these high overhanging cliffs. This made for difficult and dangerous flying, exacerbated by the heavy flak and machine gun fire that always welcomed us.

Turmoil in Norwegian Waters by Marii Chernev. Operating from RAF Leuchers on January 29th 1943 Hamdens of 455 RAAF & 489 RNAF Squadrons Coastal Command escorted by Beaufighters attacked and sank the former Norwegian cargo ship Kaldes south west of Stavanger.

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