Sentence examples for sortie on from inspiring English sources

He again achieved two victories in one sortie on 2 July, shooting down a Roland C.II and an Aviatik to bring his score to seven.

In one particular sortie on 12 July 1918, Howell attacked, in conjunction with one other aircraft, a formation of between ten and fifteen German machines; he personally shot down five of these planes and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

The ship took part in all of the major fleet actions, though only one of them ended in combat the sortie on 31 May that resulted in the Battle of Jutland.

Fiske flew his first operational sortie on 27 July 1940.

Mr. Ford's emotional farewell sortie on Sunday after the show for Yves Saint Laurent, a Gucci subsidiary, made for good theater.

In the wake of the result, Zac's younger brother, Ben, made a self-aware sortie on to Twitter to accuse the Richmond Park electorate of a "Brexit tantrum".

The helicopter was still firing – how many bullets can it carry on one sortie, I wondered?

made the first sortie of the flotilla on 9 April, and UB-10 departed on her first patrol soon after.

UB-4 made the first sortie of the flotilla on 9 April, and UB-5 departed on her first patrol soon after.

Tirpitz, the heavy cruiser and Ihn arrived at Altafjord on 4 July, but they were recalled shortly after sortieing on the 5th and never engaged any Allied ships.

An alarmingly frayed example from one Bonneville sortie was on display during the discussion.