‘Bellows’ (ii) was the British naval delivery of Supermarine Spitfire single-engined fighters to Malta within the overall context of ‘Pedestal’ (4/12 August 1942).
Also associated with two other elements of this large-scale undertaking, namely ‘Berserk’ and ‘Ascendant’, ‘Bellows’ (ii) was entrusted to the elderly fleet carrier Furious, which was loaded with 39 Spitfire fighters on the Clyde river and sailed on 4 August with the light cruiser Manchester and destroyers Sardonyx and Free Polish Błyskawica, the former remaining part of the escort until the night of 5/6 August.
