79 years on - neither cold nor Covid could prevent the Anniversary commemoration of 'Operation Fuller' (The Channel Dash) from being remembered, today 12 February 2021 at Dover Seafront Memorial.
The usual service may have had to have been cancelled owing to the current pandemic but it did nothing to deter those who were called to remember those fateful days of April 11 - 13 1942 and the lives lost.
825 refers to 825 Naval Air Squadron
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‘In my opinion the gallant sortie of these six Swordfish constitutes one of the finest exhibitions of self sacrifice and devotion that the war has yet witnessed. ‘ Admiral Ramsey
“The mothball attack of a handful of ancient planes, piloted by men whose bravery surpasses any other action by either side that day.” German Admiral Otto Ciliax
The Channel Dash Association are planning a fitting 80th Anniversary Commemoration next year.
