1941 Royal navy sails north to give aid to Russia
April 22, 2026
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3:13Now Playing1941 Royal navy sails north to give aid to Russia
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as posted by the channelDate: 14th August 1941
Location: Russia
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Navy Gives Aid to Russia
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AEROPLANES R.A.F. AND NAVAL PLANES. Fleet Air Arm bombers take off from Furious & Victorious going North..lined up on decks..Fulmar fighters take off..Swordfish fighters take off..Albecore bombers ditto..from "Victorious"
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Albecore bombers & Fulmer fighters take off deck of Victorious
BURROUGHS ADMIRAL./Rear..C.B., D.S.O. Visits ships in his command on cruise going north into Arctic waters..Cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers etc..speaks to crew
BURROUGH, Sir Harold Martin GCB, KBE, DSO (4 July 1889 - 22 October 1977)
H.M.S.FURIOUS. (AIRCRAFT - CARRIER) Swordfish planes take off from Furious bound for Petsamo
NAVAL (BRITISH). Admiral Burroughs visits ships in his command..Cruisers, destroyers & Aircraft Carriers Furious & Victorious going North..Fleet Air Arm bombers take off on reconnaissance flight..signals flash from ship to ship..bombers lined up on aircraft carriers..planes take off..Fulmar fighters take off..Swordfish fighters take off..Albecore Bombers take off..
"VICTORIOUS", Aircraft Carrier Albecore bombers lined up on deck of Victorious.. take off.. roaring over deck heading towards Kirkenes & Petsamo also Fulmar fighters take-off
Navy - Active; Soviet Union
Discipline, Finland, Norway, North Atlantic, Arctic circle, storms, rough seas, decks awash, signals, heliograph, torpedo bombers, fighters, biplanes, Fairey Albacore, spotters, anti-aircraft guns, AA, battery, batteries, flak, warplanes, ack-ack, carrier landing, World War II, WWII, Second World War, War, WW2
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