High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Tondern raid, officially designated Operation F.7, was a British bombing raid mounted by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force against the Imperial German Navy's airship base at Tondern in Germany. It was the first attack in history made by aircraft flying from a carrier flight deck. On 19 July 1918 seven Sopwith Camels took off from the converted large cruiser Furious. For the loss of one man, the British destroyed two German zeppelins, L.54 and L.60 and a captive balloon.In March 1918 the "large light cruiser" Furious joined the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, flying the flag of the Rear-Admiral Commanding Aircraft, R. F. Phillimore. Furious had initially been converted during her construction with a flight deck forward of her main superstructure, and during 1917 had been outfitted with the Sopwith Camel 2F.1, a navalised variant of the Sopwith Camel with slightly shorter wings, a detachable rear-fuselage and an upward firing Lewis Gun for use against zeppelins. These aircraft partially replaced the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter.

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