HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders (AP) REG515 The 90th Light Infantry with

The 90th Light Infantry with four companies of the 94th regiment made up the left face with two more 7-pounders

Alongside is the portrait of AJ-A pilot Sqn Ldr H M Young

and for every crew member the mission was a one-way ticket

Seeking the Way by David Pentland

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HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders (AP) REG515 The 90th Light Infantry withDHM1379AP. HMS Hood Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders. The pride of the British fleet, The Mighty Hood as she was known, was launched in 1918. Weighing in at over 40,000 tons she was 860 feet long and had eight 15 inch guns, at her launch she was more than a match for any adversary. Hood sailed the world in the inter war years and was admired in every foreign port she visited, however with a lack of major refits in this time the second world war