Royal Navy Research Archive

Martin Wilson

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:04:48 +0000

I had just been sorted through a folder of scanned photos and came across a folder of my Uncle's photos. He served on HMS Attacker and is mentioned several times above. SubLt Geoffrey H Wilson (RNZN). I have uploaded them to the Flickr page. One of the photos is the Seafire MB215photo plus one that looks like it was immediately preceding. This is a great site and a good account thank you.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/43399867@N06/albums/72177720332516006

Graham Rayner

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:30:36 +0000

Excellent summary. Slight possible mismatch with 898 Squadron history on same website. Attacker history shows 879 embarked Jun/Jul '45, yet 898 (24 Hellcats) was embarked for transport from Cape Town to Ceylon in same period. Not sure whether Attacker could carry two squadrons - nearly 50 aircraft - and still conduct flying ops. My father flew with 898 and his logbook shows embarked in Attacker for Ceylon. Nice circularity, after he died in '63 I emigrated from UK to Australia with rest of family on Attacker/Fairsky. We had no idea at the time that it was the same ship dad had spent time on.

Iain Meek

Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:15:15 +0000

Many thanks.
I was looking for information about my uncle, Walter T Buchan who flew off HMS Attacker with 879 in the Mediterranean during WW2.
Wonderful to see all the photographs.

Bernard Aptaker

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 01:12:40 +0000

Good day to you. I have just read about the H.M.S. Attacker. My brother Jack was on her during WW2, as galley crew. A great write-up on the carrier. I was on H.M.S. Reaper and H.M.S. Patroller as T124X crew.

David Battison

Tue, 13 May 2014 21:30:47 +0100

Looking for information about my father who served on HMS ATTACKER during the war, i think he was in 809 squadron