HMS Furious

Furious carried No. 801 Squadron through the last three months of 1940. The attack on Tromso, inside the Arctic Circle, was flown from her on 16 October 1940.

In 1944 Bill returned to Furious with No. 880 Squadron. She reached her station north of Bergen with the Home Fleet on 11 February 1944. Operation Tungsten, the attack on the Tirpitz, followed on 3 April, and Operation Mascot on 17 July. Bill left the squadron on 15 August 1944, flying a Hornet Moth to Furious to say goodbye.