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Operation Bowery

Index Operation Bowery

Operation Bowery was an Anglo-American operation in World War II to deliver Spitfire fighter aircraft to Malta ("Club Runs"). [1]

34 relations: Axis powers, Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini, Cap Bon, Club Run, French destroyer Léopard, Glasgow, HMS Antelope (H36), HMS Eagle (1918), HMS Echo (H23), HMS Intrepid (D10), HMS Ithuriel (H05), HMS Vidette (D48), HMS Westcott (D47), HMS Wrestler (1918), King George V Dock, Glasgow, Luftwaffe, Macchi C.202, Malta, O and P-class destroyer, Operation Calendar, Pantelleria, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Scapa Flow, Shieldhall, Supermarine Spitfire, USS Claxton (DD-140), USS Lang (DD-399), USS Maddox (DD-168), USS Sterett (DD-407), USS Wasp (CV-7), V and W-class destroyer, Valletta, Vichy, World War II.

Axis powers

The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.

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Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini

CANT (Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini, the Trieste Shipbuilding and Naval Aeronautics; also sometimes labelled C.R.D.A. CANT) was an Italian aviation company which originally specialised in building naval aircraft, formed in 1923 as part of the CNT (Cantiere Navale Triestino, or in English Trieste Naval Shipyard).

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Cap Bon

Cap Bon (الرأس الطيب), also Watan el-kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia.

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Club Run

Club Run was an informal name for aircraft ferry operations from Gibraltar to Malta during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War.

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French destroyer Léopard

| The French destroyer Léopard was a built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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HMS Antelope (H36)

HMS Antelope was a British destroyer, which was completed for the Royal Navy in 1930.

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HMS Eagle (1918)

HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Echo (H23)

HMS Echo was an E-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, before being transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944, and renamed Navarinon, until scrapped in 1956.

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HMS Intrepid (D10)

HMS Intrepid was one of nine s built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

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HMS Ithuriel (H05)

HMS Ithuriel was an laid down for the Turkish Navy, but was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1939.

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HMS Vidette (D48)

HMS Vidette (D48) was an Admiralty V class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Westcott (D47)

HMS Westcott (D47) was a Royal Navy Admiralty W-class destroyer that served in the Second World War.

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HMS Wrestler (1918)

HMS Wrestler (D35) was a W class destroyer launched by the Royal Navy in the latter stages of the First World War and active from 1939 to 1944 during the Second World War.

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King George V Dock, Glasgow

King George V Dock is a dock for ocean-going vessels operated by the Clyde Port Authority in the Govan area of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

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Macchi C.202

The Macchi C.202 Folgore (Italian "thunderbolt") was an Italian fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Macchi Aeronautica.

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Malta

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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O and P-class destroyer

The O and P class was a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy.

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Operation Calendar

Operation Calendar in 1942 was an Anglo-American operation in World War II to deliver Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft to Malta.

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Pantelleria

Pantelleria (Pantiddirìa), the ancient Cossyra (Arabic: قوصرة, Maltese: Qawsra, now Pantellerija, Ancient Greek Kossyra, Κοσσύρα), is an Italian island and Comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Shieldhall

Shieldhall is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.

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USS Claxton (DD-140)

USS Claxton (DD-140), named for Thomas Claxton, was a in the United States Navy.

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USS Lang (DD-399)

The first USS Lang (DD-399) was a ''Benham''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.

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USS Maddox (DD-168)

USS Maddox (DD–168) was a in the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Georgetown (I-40), to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Georgetown, and then to the Soviet Navy as Doblestny (or Zhyostky; sources vary).

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USS Sterett (DD-407)

USS Sterett (DD-407) was a in the United States Navy.

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USS Wasp (CV-7)

USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942.

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V and W-class destroyer

The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme during the First World War and generally treated as one class.

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Valletta

Valletta is the capital city of Malta, colloquially known as "Il-Belt" (lit. "The City") in Maltese.

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Vichy

Vichy (Vichèi in Occitan) is a city in the Allier department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bowery

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