The Forgotten Fleet: Operation Iceberg (Part 2)
Channel: Armoured Archivist
Date: 22/03/2020

PART 2: The British Pacific Fleet engaged in interdiction operations over the Sakishima islands and Formosa (Taiwan) in March-May 1945. Their job was to limit the number of kamikazes reaching US forces invading Okinawa, and to divert attention from that operation. Here's what happened - in the word of those who served. Full story at www.armouredcarriers.com

Full original audio:
Eric Rickman: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80026648
Raymond Barker: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80023610
Douglas Parker: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80015067
Richard Bigg-Wither: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011910
Peter Jupe: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024787
Ronald Hay: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013562
Stanley Farquhar: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013979
Peter Scott: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011000
Desmond Wilkey: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80013853
Bob Collins: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80026735