War in a Stringbag
by Charles Lamb
BiographyBritish Aerial operationsBritish Personal narrativesFighter pilotsGreat Britain
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Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft, and in Charles Lamb's hands, the 'Stringbag' -- as the torpedo bomber was affectionately known - was a deadly weapon. Charles Lamb fought in the thick of the action. This is his story, from the first day of war as a Lieutenant on board Courageous, to the accident aboard Implacable in action against the Japanese in June 1945 which ended his war. A rare account of determination, action and spirit by a man who was an inspiration to those around him.
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BiographyBritish Aerial operationsBritish Personal narrativesFighter pilotsGreat BritainGreat Britain. Royal Navy
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Great Britain
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Charles Lamb
11 April 1914 – 28 May 1981
Charles Lamb was born in Bolton, Lancashire. In 1930, he joined the merchant navy and went to sea as an apprentice. While at a mission in Buenos Aires, he learned to box. In 1933, he joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a midshipman aboard the battleship HMS Rodney, and began boxing for the Navy as a lightweight. In 1934 he returned to England, and in 1935 he joined the Royal Air Force and was assigned to the Coastal Command. In 1936 he won the RAF Officers' Boxing Championship. In 1938 he transferred to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. In 1939 he married Josephine Frances Elgar, with whom he went on to have two sons. When World War II began, Lamb flew a Fairey Swordfis…
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