Tondern raid

Tondern Raid
	; The seven Sopwith Camels on the flight deck of HMS Furious en route to the Tondern raid
Date	19 July 1918
Location	Tondern, German Empire ; (now Tønder, Denmark)54°56′N 8°51′E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Richard Phillimore	None
Strength
7 aircraft	2 airships; 1 captive balloon
Casualties and losses
1 drowned; 3 interned; 1 aircraft damaged; 3 aircraft interned; 2 aircraft abandoned; 1 aircraft lost at sea	4 wounded; 2 airships destroyed; 1 captive balloon destroyed; 2 hangars damaged
	First attack from an aircraft carrier
	Location of Tondern (now Tønder, Denmark)

The Tondern raid or Operation F.7, was a British bombing raid mounted by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force against the Imperial German Navy airship base at Tønder, Denmark, then a part of Germany. The airships were used for the strategic bombing of Britain. It was the first attack in history by aircraft from an aircraft carrier. On 19 July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels took off from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious. For the loss of one man and several aircraft, the British destroyed Zeppelins L 54, L 60 and a captive balloon.

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