I don’t think for a moment Wells would have indulged D’Oyly- Hughes, in a personality clash with one of his officers, and allowed him to put a capital ship, two destroyers, desperately needed aircraft and over 1,500 men at risk because of it. 821 ex Hatston, and 812, 816 and 818 at present operating under Coastal Command. On a previous mission, the captain of HMS Glorious, Guy D’Oyly Hughes, had ordered Air Commander J.B. Heath to attack certain enemy shore positions in Norway. Glorious, age 21, 08/06/1940, missing
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Jack Grimmer, RN P/FX. Glorious had taken on board some 20 RAF Hurricane and Gladiator fighters, whose pilots had taken the unprecedented step of landing on an aircraft carrier to try and save their valuable aircraft. 76078, H.M.S. The Swordfish from Glorious landed on at 14.40 and flew off 54mins later, at 15.34. They increased speed and soon were in shooting range, given their superior firing power. One hit Scharnhorst below the aft main battery turret that caused significant damage and casualties and forced the ship to sharply reduce speed. First, the Narvik exodus was known to be in progress by the enemy and therefore its protection against surface ships was the first charge of the Home Fleet. The Ministry of Defence soon came up with an answer and slapped a ‘100-year rule’ embargo on the whole affair. The cover up of Churchill’s Operation Paul, HMS Glorious – The cover up of Churchill’s Operation Paul.
Glorious’ signal: On 8th May, the day after the conference, Glorious signaled the Admiralty confirming she had 12 sets of long range fuel tanks onboard and a further 6 of her aircraft from 823 Squadron, based in the Orkneys, would be fitted with the tanks. No survivors from Glorious Ardent or Acasta were rescued by the Royal Navy, those lucky enough to survive three days in Carley floats were found by Norwegian fishing boats and a German seaplane. HMS Glorious and HMS Ark Royal arrived off Norway on April 24, where 263 Squadron were flown off and aircraft from the two carriers attacked targets in the south of Trondheim, before HMS Glorious had to return to Scapa Flow on April 27 to refuel and embark more aircraft. This is one of the most important objects for which we have gone to Narvik (Norway). In total 1,515 men died. Whilst in London to meet Churchill, D’Oyly-Hughes also tried, unsuccessfully, to replace the man in charge of flying in Glorious, Commander JB (John Benjamin) Heath.
‘Operation Alphabet’ began in the north on June 3 and 4. The loss was very grievous and even more vexing is that the enemy retired without injury or interception. That she should be frozen out by the Admiralty and unable to seek comfort from the one witness who could tell of her husband’s last moments seems unbearably cruel. Dined with Lady Wolverton.
Permission was granted and HMS Glorious and its two escorts, HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta, parted from the convoy. She fought with outstanding resolution in a situation that was hopeless for her. One month later, 18 would become a highly significant number for Churchill, First Sea Lord Dudley Pound and Vice Admiral Lionel Wells. I am afraid it will be felt that the Navy has bungled this and certainly the Germans have had a remarkable success. Bower had seen a signal, a signal he could only have seen in his capacity of a naval officer. Her flashed challenge was met by German gunfire. At this stage of the fight, at about the time of the capsizing of the carrier, The ‘Scharnhorst’ received a torpedo hit on the starboard side level with the after main turret. Picture taken from the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal. Without credible answers to all these questions, I decided to try and make sense of things. It was even present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered in 1918. In total, 1,531 men from the three ships lost their lives. Glorious, age 21, 08/06/1940, missing
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Wilfred H. Vaughan, RN FAA/FX. After the start of World War II, HMS Glorious spent the rest of 1939 unsuccessfully hunting for the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean, before returning to the Mediterranean.
Glorious, [air staff FAA], age 31, 08/06/1940, missing
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'SERVING IN HMS GLORIOUS' (RAF)
Flight Sergeant Frederick E. Dennis, RAF 364599, serving in H.M.S. This time the plan was simpler, Churchill named the sequel; Operation Paul (After Catherine’s eldest son, Paul I).
It described a ship travelling independently due to shortage of fuel on a normally safe route that had simply run out of luck and been caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The second on the 7th June 1940. To view the casualty list of the servicemen lost with HMS Glorious, Ardent and Acasta, following enemy action on Saturday 8th June 1940, please click on one of the headings in the left hand column, which are by ship. Hinsley was right of course, the Germans had put to sea, fog helped ensure RAF reconnaissance flights over the area were unaware of their departure. The Germans today have begun a great offensive towards Paris, being anxious no doubt to allow our routed armies no respite. Glorious, age 24, 08/06/1940, missing
Leading Airman William H. Hill, RN FAA/FX. Independent journalism costs money. They added it was Wells who ordered the ship to return to the UK (and not D’Oyly-Hughes who took his ship off in some high-handed way, putting it in danger). Confirmation of this by the Ministry of Defence is long overdue, but let’s be optimistic and live in hope the Naval Historical Branch (Keepers of the Royal Navy’s historical archive) might break with the tradition of secrecy and actually tell us what happened by releasing Admiral Well’s report. Giving the total, so important to this story, of 18. Glorious, age 21, 08/06/1940, missing
Leading Airman Basil Brett, RN FAA/FX. Also steaming home independently, Devonshire was carrying the Norwegian royal family to safety in Britain. Historian, Captain John Creswell, is quoted as saying; In 1940-41 when Winston was bored of those old fogies the chiefs of staff (in his view) he used to ask the directors of plans, Charles Daniel, Ian Playfair and Jack Slessor to stay the night at Chequers hoping to suborn them from their true allegiance. There was a war on, a war that was going very badly for the British. The evacuation brought with it the rescue of Norway’s King Haakon VII, his family and cabinet. D’Oyly-Hughes did indeed fall out with his two senior flying officers but would he really have been given permission to put a fully-laden aircraft carrier and two destroyers at risk, to settle an argument with one man, when Britain was on the brink of invasion? The committee took note that the 1st Sea Lord intended to seek the authority of the War Cabinet at their meeting on the evening of the 9th June to give the final order for carrying out the operation since certain political considerations were involved. This explanation is not convincing. She was therefore surprised when spotted by the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst at about 1600.
D’Oyly-Hughes puts Heath ashore, under house arrest, pending court martial for cowardice in the face of the enemy. Intercepted by German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Was the enemy report Devonshire received from Glorious really garbled? It is heart-breaking that Mrs Glasfurd should have felt people might think her husband and his ship’s company to be cowards when they put up such a brave fight against such overwhelming odds. Glorious, age 19, 08/06/1940, missing
Air Mechanic 1st Class Francis G. Lewis, RN FAA/FX. Churchill wasted no time in making plans to have a go the enemy. So why don’t we know the answers? Written by Captain Stephen Roskill, author of the official naval history of WWII.
Follow him on Twitter @NavalHistorian. The minutes record: A preparatory order to carry out the operation had already been issued to C-in-C Home Fleet (Admiralty signal 0043/8). The request was approved and so Glorious and her two escorting destroyers parted company with Ark Royal at 0253.
D’Oyly-Hughes had already removed Heath and I can’t think he was very high up on D’Oyly-Hughes or Wells’ list of priorities. There was even a measure of success here, since the Scharnhorst had been torpedoed.
Bunker, RAF 70845, 46 Sqdn., age 25, 08/06/1940, missing
Flying Officer Robert M.J. Cowles, RAF 39783, 46 Sqdn., age 21, 09/06/1940, missing
Flying Officer Philip J.
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