Maiden crossing to the UK
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HMS EMPEROR during her Atlantic crossing from
New York to the Clyde carrying a ferry load of
Hellcat aircraft. Heavy U-Boat activity in the
Atlantic forced the convoy to make a more
northerly track and the ships encountered ice
floe and snow in the icy waters off
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EMPEROR at anchor at Greenock, C. September
1943. Image © IWM (FL 11445) |
800 squadron
The officers and men of 800 Naval Air
Squadron shortly after their arrival onboard H.M.S. EMPEROR
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Above:
Hellcat 'L' is made ready for take off
Below: a
sequence of images showing squadron aircraft
landing on. Note in the first picture there are
two other aircraft on approach to land after the
third has successfully caught a wire.
The
next aircraft 'L' is not so lucky - veering to
the left on landing it ends up with a wheel in
the Port catwalk. The third aircraft had to
remain in the circuit until the deck was
cleared. |
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Operations in Northern waters
Unless stated
otherwise all photographs on
this page are from the collection of the late Jack Price,
Air Mechanic 800 Squadron, kindly supplied by Mr Carl
Berrington.
Page last edited:
02 December 2018
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