October 1942 - January 1946
Formation and work up
No.879 Squadron
formed at
RNAS St. Merryn on October 1st 1942 out of 'B' Flight of
No.809 Squadron as a Fleet Fighter Squadron. Equipped with six
Fulmar IIs, the new squadron moved to RAF
Charlton Horethorne on the
10th to work-up before a further move to RAF Old Sarum on November
18th for four months of Army Support training. Transferring to
RNAS
Stretton on March 22nd 1943 the squadron re-equipped with Seafires;
some hooked Spitfire Vb aircraft were issued initially for the
conversion flying before ten Seafire lBs were received. On April
23rd they moved to RAF Dundonald, for a short combined operations
course, returning to
Stretton on May 1st. New aircraft were again
received at the start of June, this time 10 Seafire L.IIc/LR.IIc
which they took to No.36 (AC) Wing at RAF Andover for army
co-operation training on June 17th. Form Andover the squadron moved
to
RNAS Machrihanish on July 8th in preparation for joining a
carrier.
Assigned to HMS ATTACKER and operations in the Mediterranean
The squadron was
allocated to join the escort aircraft carrier (CVE)
HMS ATTACKER and
they flew out to the ship on July 29th 1943, when she was operating
in the Clyde area at the end of a five week post modification work
up and flying training program. Also assigned to the ship were 886
squadron which operated 9 Seafire L.IIc & 6 Swordfish. The ship had been allocated to
participate in upcoming allied invasion of Italy and she sailed from
the Clyde at 14:00 hours on August 2nd in company with her sister
CVEs
BATTLER,
HUNTER, and
STALKER bound for Gibraltar. The four
carriers and their escorts ran into a terrible storm in the Bay of
Biscay which lasted thought the 3rd and into the 4th; the seas were
so rough the ships had to heave to ride it out. All four carriers
suffered storm damage and many aircraft were badly damaged,
HUNTER
suffered the worst of the damage and was forced leave the convoy to
return to the UK. The remaining three carriers arrived at Gibraltar,
at 18:00 hours on the 9th.
ATTACKER left Gibraltar at 1800 on August 31st
1943 and proceeded to Eers-el-Kebir, arriving at 09:00 on September
1st. She left there to rendezvous with SCYLLA and forces in
company at 08:00 on the 5th September. This Force arrived at Malta at
07:00 on September 7th.
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Another unidentified Seafire precariously perched on the
starboard bow Orliken mount - this is possibly NM94I of
879 Squadron which was pushed off the flight deck by
NM965 which crashed into the deck park September 9th
1943. NM94I is reported as being lost overboard. |
On September 1st the four carriers
became a part of Task Force 88, a part of Force 'V', the covering
force for the allied invasion of Salerno Italy in operation
AVALANCHE planned for operations between September 9 - 12th. Task
Force 88 comprised HM Escort Aircraft Carriers
ATTACKER,
BATTLER,
HUNTER,
STALKER and the maintenance carrier UNICORN (making a rare
operational contribution), Cruisers EURYALUS [flagship], SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS, Destroyers CLEVELAND, HOLCOMBE, ATHERSTONE, LIDDESDALE,
FARNDALE, CALPE, and Polish destroyers ORP SLAZAK and ORP KRAKOWIAK. A second force, Force ‘H’ comprised the
Battleships NELSON, RODNEY, WARSPITE and VALIANT, Fleet Carriers
ILLUSTRIOUS and FORMIDABLE and a screen of 21 destroyers including
French, Polish and Greek warships was a covering force for the
landings, intended to prevent any interference by Italian surface
warships. On the eve of operation AVALANCHE Italy surrendered so the
threat had passed, however there was a strong German force in the
area.
Force 'V' left Malta on the 8th
September and proceeded via the Straits of Messina arriving on
station 45 miles south-west of the beachhead early in the morning of
the 9th September. Each CVE in Task Force 88 carried 2 Seafire
squadrons, UNICORN 3, making a total of 109 aircraft in 11
squadrons. The five carriers were to provide fighter cover for the
landings. It was intended that a constant presence of naval air
cover would be maintained over the landing sites, up to 20 aircraft
aloft at a time. The first flights were launched at dawn on the 9th.
At this time none of the four CVEs were equipped as fighter or
assault carriers so fighter direction was provided by the Fighter
Direction Ship HMS ULSTER QUEEN.
Flying operations began at 06:15 and
continued throughout the day, with
ATTACKER’s last range landing on
at 19:15. During the last serial of the day, Sub-Lt G Calder
RNVR (879) in Seafire NM965, landing on under somewhat poor light
conditions, floated at speed over the arrester gear and crashed
through the barriers into aircraft parked forward; NM965 was a write
off, NM941 was pushed overboard by the impact, and rendering
another unserviceable for 18 hours. By the end of the first day’s
flying program all 52 planned sorties had been completed; 12
aircraft were serviceable, or made serviceable for the following
day. During the night
of the 9th/10th
September the Force preceded clear of the operational area,
returning on the morning of the 10th, when flying resumed at 06:15.
The day began with a tragedy when Ord. Seaman Edwin Kershaw, of the
Aircraft Handling Party, ran into a propeller and was
instantaneously killed. He was buried at sea at 11:00 on the same
day. Later that second day one of
BATTLER's aircraft landed on as
her deck was fouled, but approached at an excessive speed, crashed
through the barriers into aircraft parked forward, the pilot writing
off his own aircraft and severely damaging two others. At the end of
the second day's operations 8 aircraft were available or made
available for the following day.
At 06:15 on the 11th, flying resumed again, and operations continued throughout the day to the last
range at 18:31. Lieut. Morrison (879) landed at the emergency field
ashore with hook trouble. His hook was repaired by the R.A.F. and he
returned to the ship at 18:05. Sub-Lt Sturges (879) in NM944 was
unable to lower his undercarriage on returning to land on, and was
told to return to shore for an emergency landing on Salerno beach; the
aircraft was abandoned, he later rejoined the ship at Bizerta. At
the end of the third day's operations 5 aircraft were serviceable
or made serviceable for the following day. The attrition rate was
very high, all the CVEs required additional aircraft to be
transferred from the Fleet Carriers of Force H in order to continue
operations at this intensity (Force H withdrew to Malta on the 11th,
being nearly out of aircraft itself by this time).
At 06:15 on the 12th, the first
aircraft were flown off. 10 sorties were flown. It had been
envisaged that one or more enemy airfields would be in allied hands
by the end of the first day and so shore based air cover would take
over, this was not the case; it was not until the third day that the
airfield at Paestum was under Allied control that this became
possible. At 13:45 on the 12th as many serviceable fighters as could
be mustered were put ashore to operate at Paestum;
ATTACKER managed
4,
BATTLER 5,
HUNTER 5, and
STALKER only 2, UNICORN supplied 10. At
approximately 18:30 the Force left the operational area and proceeded
to Palermo, arriving at 20:00. At 06:00 on the following morning the
Force sailed for Bizerta, arriving there at 19:00.
ATTACKER’s
detached aircraft re-joined the ship on the 17th.
During the four days on station the
carriers, launched a combined total of 713 sorties, aircraft from
ATTACKER flew 132 sorties; 879 squadron carried out 75 patrol
sorties, 886 flew 57. No aircraft were lost to enemy action. Force
'V' was to disband on September 20th and
ATTACKER,
HUNTER and
STALKER returned to the UK to refit and allow their squadrons the
opportunity to receive replacement aircraft and aircrews.
No. 4 Naval Fighter Wing
On arriving on the
Clyde on October 6th 879 disembarked to
RNAS Machrihanish before moving to
RAF Andover the following day. Meanwhile
ATTACKER, and sister ships
HUNTER and
STALKER were to undergo
conversion into assault carriers which would operate a single Seafire
squadron apiece. These were to be 807, 809, and 879 squadrons, which
were grouped together as the 4th Naval Fighter Wing which came into
existence on October 25th 1943. 879 squadron arrived at
RNAS
Burscough, Lancashire on November 29th, joining the other elements of No.4 Nava
Fighter Wing.
ATTACKER emerged from the dockyard in December and
then took passage from Rosyth to the Clyde where she re-embarked the
Seafires of 879 and 886 squadrons on December 29th to begin work up
and training in her new role. On January 24th the ship sustained
damage when
HMS FENCER dragged anchor on the Clyde during gale
conditions and collided with her;
ATTACKER was ordered to Liverpool
for further repair work to be carried out in early February, her
squadrons flew ashore to RNAS Burscough on the 6th. The ship entered
the Alexandra Dock on the 9th and would remain in dockyard hands for
the next month. On February 24th 879 absorbed the Seafires, and some
crews, of 886 Squadron to bring their strength up to 20 aircraft and
27 pilots. On the 16th 879 squadron rejoined the ship for nine days
of flying, before being put ashore to RAF Long Kesh, Northern
Ireland on the 24th for a more Army Co-operation training. The
squadron rejoined the ship on April 30th and
ATTACKER was allocated
to join the Home Fleet for Operation HOOPS; this strike on Norwegian
coast shipping with
HUNTER and
STALKER was scheduled for May 8th but
was cancelled and the ships returned to Belfast.
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The officers and men of 879 squadron aboard HMS
ATTACKER, Bangor Lough, Northern Ireland, March 1943.
Photo: From the collection of the late W. A. Clarke, Sub
Lt (A) RNVR (P). Click to see larger image |
Return to the Mediterranean
All three
assault CVEs and their squadrons were set to return to the
Mediterranean, sailing on May 14th 1944.
ATTACKER put into Gibraltar
on May 24th, and two groups of 5 Seafires were disembarked to
operate from
RNAS North Front until June 5th.
ATTACKER put to sea again
with HUNTER, on June 6th, re-embarking the detached aircraft they
sailed for Mers-el-Kebir, arriving the next day.
The ship moved on to Algiers on June 16th, and 6 aircraft were flown off to operate from the
airfield at Blida, they were joined by four others on the 18th. 879
squadron was now effectively split 50/50 between the ship and
various airfields engaged on Army co-operation flying with units in
North Africa and Italy including Blida (Algeria) June 16th - July
22nd, Pomigliano (Italy) June 22nd - 25th, Capodichino (Italy) June
22nd - 26th, Orvieto (Italy) June 25th - July 19th and Castiglione
(Italy) July 5th - 18th. The ship was escorting convoys in the
western Mediterranean until the entire squadron was re-embarked by
July 22nd when the ship withdrew to undertake a short self
maintenance period in Malta.
Operation DRAGOON
The
squadron was next in action for Operation DRAGOON, the invasion of
Southern France The CVEs
ATTACKER,
EMPEROR,
KHEDIVE,
PURSUER and
SEARCHER joined Task Group 88.1 under Rear Admiral Troubridge in the
cruiser HMS ROYALIST, as carrier task force flagship.
HUNTER,
STALKER, and two US CVEs, USS TULAGI and USS KAZAN BAY joined Task
group 88.2 under Rear Admiral Durgin USN in USS TULAGI. By this time
879 squadron strength had been increased to 28 aircraft (24 Seafire
L.III and 4 Seafire LR.IIcs), 19 of which were equipped for dive
bombing. The first sorties took off at 06{00 hours on Tuesday August
15th, TacR (Tactical Reconnaissance) sorties were flown throughout
the day but cloud and haze prevented the identification of targets,
some encountered light flak.
The
following day 26 sorties were flown during the day - 8 bombing, 10
TacR, 2 spotting and 6 CAP (Combat Air Patrol), and at the end of
the day 879 had 24 aircraft serviceable. TF88.1 withdrew late on the
19th and took passage overnight to Maddalena, Sardinia, to refuel
and rearm. On the 21st,
ATTACKER launched 4 Seafires at dawn which
split into pairs to search for targets of opportunity; only one
returned to the ship. Each pair was to have an aircraft shot down,
Sub Lt G. Calder was hit first, suffering damage from AA fire; he
managed to make a forced landing in the countryside and avoided
capture until allied forces found him. Later that sortie Sub Lt A.I.R. Shaw's Seafire was hit by enemy AA fire after he successfully
attacked German mobile artillery on a country road; his engine was
on fire so he had to bail out over enemy territory. He was soon
captured but subsequently escaped and was helped by locals until the
advancing allied forces reached his location. His wingman was flying
in a camera equipped Seafire and he took photos of the parachute as
it floated to earth. Both downed pilots eventually rejoined the
squadron. A further 5 aircraft were put out of commission that day;
Sub Lt W.A. Clarke, returning from a TacR sortie, cleared the
barriers to crash into the forward deck park, damaging three other
aircraft; Sub Lt A.A. Gowan RNZNVRVR was critically injured in the
crash, he was still in the cockpit of his aircraft having taxied
forward into the aircraft park, his thigh was broken by an airscrew
which ripped through the cockpit door. The fifth aircraft was put
out of commission by Lt G. Ogilvy who went into the barrier.
ATTACKER
and the ships of TF88.1 withdrew for a second time to Maddalena on
August 23rd.
ATTACKER and the other CVEs of Task Group 88.1 were
released from their duties on August 28th by this time 879
squadron's aircraft had completed 226 sorties including strikes on
ground targets, bombardment spotting for HMS AURORA and tactical
reconnaissance missions; 120 were bombing missions.
HMS ATTACKER
arrived at Alexandria on September 2nd to replenish stores, 879
squadron received replacement aircraft and aircrew from
RNAS Dekheila.
Operation OUTING I & OUTING II
The
squadron was next in action during Operation OUTING I & OUTING II in
the Aegean with the CVEs
EMPEROR,
KHEDIVE,
PURSUER and
SEARCHER;
their task was to hamper and delay German troop movements in the
Dodecanese Islands, (Leros, Kos, Samos, Rhodes and Levitha).
ATTACKER's aircraft (now comprised of 15 Seafire L.III and 5 Seafire
LR.IIcs) flew armed reconnaissance sorties from the September 16th,
and ground attack missions on enemy transport, including dive-bombed
shipping in Rhodes harbour on he 19th. The force withdrew to
Alexandria on the 20th to re-supply after OUTING I, returning for
OUTING II on the 28th. Seafires from 879 squadron strafed the W/T
station on Levitha on October 3rd before conducting Tactical
Reconnaissance flights on the 4th together with bombardment spotting
for the cruiser ROYALIST. The force returned to Alexandria for a
further replenishment of aircraft and stores on October 5th;
ATTACKER's aircraft having completed 102 sorties.
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Sub Lt. Clarke flying in Seafire MB270 'A-A' overhead
HMS ATTACKER, near Crete, on September 16th 1944 .
Photo: From the collection of the late W. A.
Clarke, Sub Lt (A) RNVR (P). |
Operation MANNA
The
squadron was to participate in one more operation during 1944,
Operation MANNA, which involved
ATTACKER,
EMPEROR and
STALKER
providing cover for the reoccupation of Piraeus. The operation began
on the 15th,
STALKER withdrew on the 20th, returning to Alexandria.
On the 23rd and 24th railway rolling stock and motor transport was
strafed and set on fire, and, together with extensive dive-bombing
of the railway system, stopped all rail traffic on Kos. Towards the
end of the month
ATTACKER and
EMPEROR provided air cover for
amphibious landing at Mitylene on the island of Lesbos. On the 26th,
aircraft from 879 squadron operated ashore at Mitylene until
re-embarking to cover the landing on Piskopi on the 29th.
ATTACKER
withdrew to Alexandria on October 30th leaving
EMPEROR as the only
CVE operating in the area. 879 had flown 240 sorties between
September 16th and October 29th.
Return to UK and refit
On October 31st the three Assault Carriers,
ATTACKER,
HUNTER and
STALKER sailed in company for the UK. Calling at Malta on November
3rd. The three
carriers, and their squadrons. were earmarked for service with the
21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron (21 ACS), with the East Indies Fleet
and were to undergo a short period of defect rectification while
their crews and squadron personnel went on 2 weeks home leave. They
reached Plymouth on November 10th and were put in the hands of
Devonport Naval Dockyard. The carriers sailed from Plymouth on
November 29th for Gibraltar; all three were on passage to undergo
refits in Mediterranean dockyards;
STALKER was to refit in Gibraltar
on their arrival on December 3rd so her squadron, 809 Seafires
transferred to
ATTACKER on leaving Plymouth and were disembarked
along with 879 squadron to
RNAS Dekheila, Egypt on December 11th.
HUNTER proceeded to Malta for refit beginning December 6th.
ATTACKER
was to refit in the Italian port of Taranto.
RNAS Dekheila
879 squadron was to
remain ashore at
RNAS Dekheila for four months
and the time was spent training in preparation for their next period
of operations. The New Year saw three fatal crashes while the
squadron was at Dekheila, on January 13th Sub Lt. N.I. MacLeod
RNZNVR
died when he failed to pull NN124 out of a dive during a dive
bombing exercise at Gianaclis No.5 bombing range. A second death
happened during a dive bombing exercise at Gianaclis on January 29th
when Sub lt. K.A. Cain's aircraft, NF429, struck the ground and
exploded. The third incident was on February 12th when Sub Lt. D.V.
Cross was flying in NN450 on a low level TacR and his aircraft hit
the ground and exploded 4 miles West of Damanhur.
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Seafire of 879 squadron on the deck of HMS
ATTACKER, at Trincomalee c/ July 1945. |
Allocation to the East Indies Fleet
879 re-embarked in
HMS ATTACKER on April 14th, now
equipped with 24 Seafire L.IIIs,
and the ship proceeded through the Suez Canal to Aden and on to
Ceylon. The squadron disembarked to
RNAS Katukurunda, on the west
coast of Ceylon, on April 29th 1945. At
RNAS Katukurunda the
squadron began a training programme to work up the squadron which
included a number of replacement pilots from the UK; training
included formation flying, fighter tactics, bombing and gunnery and
jungle survival. On June 5th a flight of 4 Seafires, on a routine
Dive Bombing practice sortie took off from RNAS Katukurunda but
encountered heavy clouds on reaching the range near Hambantota. With
fuel levels low the flight leader decided they should make a
precautionary landing on the dry lake bed that was the bombing
range. Sub-Lts W.J. Cody, R.C. Hallas, and J.R. Little successfully put
their down on the cratered lake bed but the fourth, Sub- Lt. D.
Armstrong decided to attempt a landing on the nearby beach at Bundala but crashed and was killed. He was later buried in the naval
cemetery at Colombo with full military honours.
The
squadron re-embarked on June 10th, remaining aboard until July 17th,
presumably on flying training, they then returned to
RNAS Katukurunda. They re-embarked three days later as
ATTACKER continued
flying operations before taking passage to Trincomalee where they
disembarked to
RNAS Trincomalee on the 19th. This short ten day
outing was a costly one for 879 squadron, 11 aircraft suffered
damage through flying incidents, and one pilot was killed. The run
of bad luck began the day the squadron re-embarked with Sub Lt B.
Lees RNZNVR putting NF445 into the barrier. On the 11th two aircraft
'pecked' the deck on landing, NF600 flown by Sub Lt G. H. Wilson
RNZNVR and NN401 flown by Sub Lt M.D. S. McClelland; Sub Lt I.H.
Gladders made a heavy landing in NN437 resulting in the starboard
tyre bursting and buckling the oleo leg. A fourth incident on the
11th resulted in Sub Lt A.W.K. Foxon being killed; his Seafire NN347
flew through the barrier damaging parked aircraft as it dived over
starboard side into the sea. There were five more aircraft put out
of action on the 12th, Sub Lt W.J. Cody in NF643 hit the rounddown
with his tail wheel causing damage to the fuselage; later that day
he put NN408 into the barrier. Sub Lt L. Livemore in NN365 also put
his aircraft into the barrier, while Sub Lt G.H. Wilson RNZNVR flying
NN451 caught a wire but his prop clipped the deck. While attempting
to go round again, Sub Lt. HC Vane in NN397 hit the edge of the
flight deck and the aircraft fell into the sea. The pilot was safely
rescued. On the final day of flying before flying ashore to
Trincomalee, Seafire NN437 flown by Sub Lt G.H. Wilson RNZNVR suffered
fuselage damage when a bomb carrier dislodged landing on. While at
Trincomalee those squadron pilots who had not done deck landing
qualification flights from Katukurunda flew out to
HUNTER for
DLT between August 2nd through to the 16th. This was dangerous work
and cost one pilot his life; Sub Lt. WS Jones was killed when his
aircraft stalled on approach to
HUNTER and dived into the sea on
August 4th.
Operation CARSON
879
squadron's first offensive operation with the EIF was in early
August; they re-embarked in
ATTACKER on August 9th being allocated
to Force 61 for operation CARSON, a series of attacks on shipping
and airfields in Penang and Medan area of Sumatra. Force 61,
consisting of the AA Cruiser ROYALIST (Flag of Rear Admiral G.N.
Oliver, CB, DSO, Rear Admiral Commanding 21ACS), CVEs
AMEER,
ATTACKER,
EMPEROR,
EMPRESS,
KHEDIVE, and
SHAH, Destroyers TARTAR
(Captain (D), Tenth Destroyer Flotilla), PENN, VIGILANT, and VERULAM. The force sailed from Trincomalee on August 10th, planning
to carry out strikes on August 14th and 15th. On August 11th the
force was ordered to hold west of 90 degrees east and await further
orders; the operation was eventually cancelled in light of the news
of Japan's announced willingness to accept the Allies' surrender
terms. The force subsequently returned to Trincomalee, arriving on
August 15th when the Station General Message "SUSPEND OFFENSIVE
OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES" was made to all ships and allied
forces.
HMS
ATTACKER briefly celebrated V-J Day in Trincomalee harbour while
awaiting further orders, 879 remained aboard. She had been allocated
to participate in Operation ZIPPER, the invasion of Singapore,
planned for September 1945, but now that hostilities had ended they
became a reoccupying force, not invading one, so the plan was
radically revised.
ATTACKER and
HUNTER were next ordered to proceed
to Rangoon. Political constraints and delays meant that all the
reoccupation plans were now to change; the occupation of Penang was
to be undertaken as Operation JURIST and the occupation of Sabang as
Operation BEECHAM, and Operation TIDERACE, the occupation of
Singapore. Carriers of the 2 ACS were to provide air cover for the
various forces and convoys that were to take part in these
operations;
ATTACKER and
HUNTER, sailed from Rangoon on August 27th
1945, headed for Penang to rendezvous with Vice Admiral Walker's
force [NELSON, CEYLON,
ATTACKER,
HUNTER 3 Destroyers and 3 Landing
Ship (infantry)] to accept the Japanese surrender of Malaya,
operation JURIST. The force reached Penang on the 28th, the
surrender ceremony taking place on September 2nd. 879 continued to
fly CAP throughout the operation.
Vice
Admiral Walker's force next sailed for Singapore; On September 5th
and 6th they carried out photographic reconnaissance and tactical
reconnaissance sorties over Singapore.
ATTACKER and the rest of the
force formed part of 90 ships (including 70 RN and RIN warships, 3
Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, 3 hospital ships and 14 merchant vessels)
present in Singapore Roads for the surrender ceremony on September
12th 1945.
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September 1945 - HMS ATTACKER enters Singapore harbour,
the ship is 'dressed' for entering harbour, a Seafire of
879 squadron stands on the flight deck wearing
invasion markings. |
Return to the UK, re-equipping, and disbandment
HMS
ATTACKER sailed from Singapore on September 14th bound for
Trincomalee, arriving there on the 19th, 879 squadron disembarked to
RNAS Trincomalee. The squadron was earmarked for return to the UK to
receive new equipment and re-group, they re-embarked in
ATTACKER on
October 10th. She sailed for Bombay the following day, carrying many
passengers and servicemen going home to be de-mobbed; after Bombay
she called at Malta on route, arriving in UK waters on November 10th
1945. 879 squadron departed from the ship for the final time as she
steamed up the Irish Sea, flying off to
RNAS Nutts Corner, Northern
Ireland.
On November
17th the squadron received 12 new Seafire XVlls at
Nutts Corner, but
was disband on January 7th 1946.
Content revised:
09 June 2020
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1 the Royal Navy' Shepperton, Ian Allen Ltd.
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Liskeard, Maritime Books
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Fleet, 1944 - 45' Bristol, Crecy Books
Sturtivant, R. & Burrows, M. (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm
Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Tonbridge Wells, Air Britain
(Historians)
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Fleet Air Arm' Tonbridge Wells, Air Britain (Historians)
Winton, J. (1969) 'The forgotten Fleet', London,
Michael Joseph Ltd.
Pilot's log book belonging to Sub Lt.(A) W.A. Clarke
RNVR (P) who flew with the squadron March - October 1944
Read more about him .
Reminiscences of Sub Lt.(A) W. J Cody RCNVR (P) who
flew with the squadron June - December 1945
web page located on the
Virtual
Library - Sri Lanka Accessed 31 September 23 2014 |
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