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Operation Banquet (Padang) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Operation Banquet (Padang)
Operation Banquet was a British naval operation in World War II, under the command of Rear Admiral Clement Moody.〔Jürgen Rohwer, ''Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War II'', page 359, 2005.〕 The objective was to carry out aerial strikes on Japanese positions in and around Padang, on the southwestern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on August 24, 1944.〔 The forces involved successfully struck the primary targets of the attack, these being the Padang airfield, the large and strategically important Indaroeng cement works, and the harbor facilities and shipping at Emmahaven.〔Ray Sturtivant, ''British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917–1990'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, ISBN 0-87021-026-2, pp. 124–125.〕〔Neil McCart, ''HMS Victorious, 1937-1969'', p. 66, 1998.〕 ==Operational detail== Ships involved in the operation included the aircraft carriers and ; battleship , two cruisers, including the , and five destroyers.〔〔M. J. Whitley, ''Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia'', page 149, 1999.〕 Archival footage of the operation held by the Imperial War Museum shows operational takeoffs and landings by Fairey Barracudas, F6F Hellcats, and Vought F4U Corsairs.〔(OPERATION BANQUET (Allocated) ), ''Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire''.〕 The operation "marked the first time the British used a two-wave attack by two fleet carriers."〔H. P. Willmott, ''Grave of a Dozen Schemes: British Naval Planning and the War Against Japan, 1943-1945'', p. 150, 1996.〕
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