Fleet Air Arm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Butterworth served in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm during the war but was shot down in 1940, spending the rest of it as a prisoner of war.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
Mr. Martin joined the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during World War II. After his discharge, he used a navy education grant to enroll at the respected Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2016
The UK championships for power tool drag racing will be held in September at the Fleet Air Arm museum in Somerset.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2010
The Germans ran a super-gantlet: the British Home Fleet, the Fleet Air Arm, the entire R.A.F., the big guns of Dover, minefields.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It eases you up so beautifully," said a U.S. flyer attached to the Fleet Air Arm, "that you almost forget you're being catapulted."
From Time Magazine Archive
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