the legend of the lost was filmed in libya.
the legend of the lost was filmed in libya.
where was the legend of the lost filmed?
libya
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on 6 february 1945, "campania", "nairana", the cruiser hms "bellona" and eight fleet destroyers joined 26 merchant ships in convoy jw64. this time the squadrons had spare aircrews for their aircraft and "campania"s squadron included a fairey fulmar fitted with a royal air force ai air-to-air interception radar, for use as a dedicated night fighter. shortly after the escorts and convoy came together "campania"s radar operator reported a target approaching. both carriers scrambled two wildcats, to intercept the intruder. "campania"s wildcats got there first and shot down a junkers ju 88, one of the wildcats was also shot down with the loss of the pilot. the next morning as 07:45 "campania"s radar detected aircraft approaching. two groups of junkers ju 88 torpedo bombers appeared and the convoys escorts opened fire. the ships manoeuvred to avoid the torpedo attack and "nairana"s wildcats were airborne by 08:10. no ships were hit during the attacks and the bombers evaded the fighters in the heavy cloud cover. "campania"s swordfish were flying the daylight anti-submarine patrols, with a mixed armament of four rp-3 rockets and two depth charges. on 7 november 835 squadron claimed a junkers ju 88 damaged. the long arctic night with only four hours of light a day together with heavy seas and low visibility hampered any operations by the wildcats. during darkness the ships could hear the engines of the shadowing german aircraft closing in. "campania"s night fighting fulmar took off at 17:30, but its electrics failed as it was approaching the german aircraft and it was forced to return to the carrier. the fulmar landed off centre crashed into the safety barrier putting itself and the carrier out of action. on 10 november a swordfish on anti-submarine patrol reported 30 junkers ju 88s approaching the convoy. the wildcats took off to intercept the torpedo bombers and the escorts opened fire on them. the combined fire from the escorts and the wildcats shot down four ju 88s, two more were claimed as probably shot down by the wildcats and another was severely damaged. those ju 88s that did release their torpedoes failed to hit any of the ships and a number of the torpedoes were seen to detonate in the ships wakes, as they turned away from the attack. two of the wildcats were also shot down by the barrage from the escorts. the combined losses had reduced the escorts fighter cover three aircraft, one on "campania" and two on "nairana" at 11:30 another group of junkers ju 88 torpedo bombers were discovered approaching. "nairana"s wildcats took off and shot one down the others under fire from the escorts dropped their torpedoes too soon and they all missed. the return convoy ra 64 left kola inlet on the morning of 17 february, one of the escorts and a merchant ship were torpedoed almost immediately. another merchant ship was torpedoed that afternoon. terrible weather conditions kept all aircraft grounded until 20 november, when it began to clear the luftwaffe also appeared and the wildcats were scrambled to intercept them. two ju 88s were shot down by the fighters another two by the escorts and three were damaged. the convoys had lost to enemy action two fighters, two escorts and two merchant ships. in return they claimed 15 aircraft destroyed, seven aircraft probably destroyed and one u-boat sunk. "campania" did one more russian convoy jw 65 in march 1945, which had two merchant ships torpedoed and sunk on their approach to kola inlet. these were the last losses on a russian convoy.
nairana-class escort carrier