FORMIDABLE HEROES

VJ DAY I NAVY WINGS IN ACTION Andrew Thomas describes actions by British fighters over Japan when flying from HMS ‘Formidable’ during the final weeks of World War Two To help prosecute a planned assault on Japan, in late 1944 a powerful British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was formed and in early 1945 had established its base at Sydney in Australia. The fleet fielded the full panoply of naval power, but at its core were its armoured aircraft carriers. Although they