Air Armada by Robert Taylor. SHN468 swings away from the depot

swings away from the depot ship Adamant during work up exercises in the Firth of Clyde

"the Polar Bears"

So when Bomber Command dispatched a force of over 300 Lancaster bombers to destroy Hitler's infamous Obersalzberg retreat at Berchtesgaden on 25th April

this mighty ship would be gone

202 whilst defending Boston and Baltimore bombers on their way to attack the airfields of Daba on 19th October 1942

Air Armada by Robert Taylor. SHN468 swings away from the depotDHM1918. Air Armada by Robert Taylor. In just six weeks Hitler's forces had overrun western Europe as once proud armies swiftly fell before the might of the German blitzkrieg. It was a devastating defeat, and now only Britain stood alone. Few thought she could survive. As Churchill pledged that Britain would never surrender, a German invasion seemed inevitable. But before any invasion could take place the Luftwaffe must neutralise the RAF and win