Boeing CH-47 Chinook

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine tandem-rotor helicopter that has been exported around the world, and including to the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

A total of 17 RAF Chinooks served during Operation Granby. The most noteable of these is serial ZA718 (more commonly known "Bravo November" after its original squadron code). This helicopter has served in every RAF operation of the last 25 years including Lebanon, Germany, Northern Ireland, Iraq and the Falklands War.

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Here is a summary of the Chinook's technical specifications:

Crew	3 to 4
Rotor Diameter	60 feet (18.3 metres)
Length	98 feet 9 inches (30.1 metres)
Height	18 feet 8 inches (5.7 metres)
Maximum Take-off Weight	50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
Maximum Speed	183 mph (295 km/h)
Range	1,000 miles (870 nautical miles, 1,600 kilometres)
Service Ceiling	8,500 feet (2,590 metres)

World War II

Operation Barbarossa
1941 German Invasion of Russia

Operation Citadel
1943 The Battle of Kursk

Operation Dragoon
1944 Invasion of southern France

Operation Varsity
1945 Crossing the Rhine

Invasions That Never Were

Operation Sealion
1940 German invasion of England

Operation Olympic
1945 US invasion of southern Japan

Operation Coronet
1946 US invasion of northern Japan

Special Forces

Operation Entebbe
1976 Entebbe Airport Rescue

Operation Nimrod
1980 Iranian Embassy Siege

British Cold War Operations

Operation Musketeer
1956 Suez Crisis

Operation Corporate
1982 Falklands War

Operation Black Buck
1982 Vulcan raids on Port Stanley

Operation Granby
1990-91 Persian Gulf

British Post Cold War

Operation Herrick
2002- Afghanistan

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