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Flying operations and incidents
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STRIKER on convoy escort duties seen from the
rear cockpit of one of 824 squadron's Swordfish.
Another Swordfish is parked on the far end of
the flight deck. |
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SWORDFISH
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Above & below: A
badly damaged Swordfish, it's engine having been
ripped from it's mounts by a deck crash the
airframe is stripped of all usable equipment
before being dumped overboard as a write0off. |
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SEA HURRICANE
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A Sea Hurricane of 824 squadron
awaiting take off for a patrol, STRIKER's sister CVE HMS
FENCER is sailing in formation with her. |
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Above: A Sea Hurricane on final approach,
arrestor hook down and moments from touchdown. Below: Crash
on landing - the port undercarriage leg has
collapsed. |
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† Above & below: June 2nd 1944
– Sub-Lt. J.W. Hayes in Sea Hurricane Ilc JS222 ('Q') of 824
Squadron, bounced on landing, floated into the barrier
collapsing the undercarriage . |
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† Above & below: December 31sy 1943 –
Sub-Lt. PA Clarke in Sea Hurricane Ilc NF699 ('P' LIBBY) of
824 Squadron, floated into the barrier damaging the
undercarriage, engine and propeller. This aircraft was
normally flown by Major V.B.G. Cheesman R.M. who named
it after his girlfriend. |
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Above & below: June 13th,1944Sub-Lieutenant P.A. Clark in Sea Hurricane IIc
NF694 'U' flies into the barrier after failing to catch a wire, |
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Above: June 7th 1944 Sub-Lieutenant E.C. Godden in Sea
Hurricane Mk.IIc, NF674 'R' flies into the barrier after failing to catch a
wire . Below: Another of 824 squadron's Sea Hurricanes ends up in
the Barrier. |
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WILDCAT
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Grumman Wildcats replaced
the Sea Hurricanes of 824 in the summer of 1944, these aircraft wear the
invasion stripes for D-Day operations. |
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STRIKER with 824 squadron Wildcats and Swordfish
on deck. |
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October 16 1944, Lt. R
Moss in Wildcat JV442 ‘S’ of 824 squadron after
an arrester wire parted and the aircraft broke
through both flight deck barriers and hit the
tail of Swordfish LS231 parked forward. it then
slewed into the island structure. A member of
the flight deck personnel, AM(A) Harry Barrow
was killed |
Governor General of Gibraltar Visits Striker
Convoy escort duties, North Atlantic, Gibraltar &
Russia
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Refuelling HMS EXE astern in heavy seas. |
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HMS FENCER seen from the
Stern of STRIKER fighting her way through rough
Atlantic seas. |
Unless stated otherwise all photos are from the album of C.P.O. Sick
Berth Attendant Richard Webb, reproduced with the kind permission of
his widow Mrs. Margaret Webb
Photos marked † are from the album of
JX276479 Ordinary Signalman Robert William Lee, reproduced
with the kind permission of his son Brian Lee.
Page last edited:
03 December 2018
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