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 / 54.933°N 8.850°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
	class=notpageimage\| Location of Tondern (now Tønder, Denmark)

The Tondern raid or Operation F.7, was a British bombing raid 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. On 19 July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels took off from HMS Furious, a converted battlecruiser, in the first attack in history by aircraft from an aircraft carrier. For the loss of one man and several aircraft, the British destroyed Zeppelins L 54, L 60 and a captive balloon.