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A flight of Wildcats fly over PURSUER in formation. C. early 1944 |
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April 1944, Operation TUNGSTEN - above PURSUER with FURIOUS in the
background . Below Fighter pilots of 896 squadron in PURSUER’s
briefing room check over the details of their next operation with
their CO Lt Cdr L A Hordern © IWM (A 23053) |
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Entering harbour? Place and date not known |
Operation NEPTUNE, the invasion of Normandy:
June 1944
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June
1944 - a wildcat is prepared for launch during
anti-submarine sweeps off the Western approaches
in support of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
For this operation all allied aircraft are
sporting 'invasion stripes' to identify them as
friendly forces. |
Operation DRAGOON, the invasion of Southern
France: August 1944
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Above: PURSUER at anchor at Maddalena, Sardinia
between operations. Photo Royal Navy research
archive collection
Below: PURSUER leads the CVEs EMPEROR, KHEDIVE
and either ATTACKER or SEARCHER bringing up the
rear of the coast of Southern France. |
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Wildcats of 881 squadron coming up from the
hangar and being ranged on deck/ |
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Above & below: Arming up -
Armourers loading a 250 lb bomb onto one of 881 squadron's Wildcat
in preparation for a sortie over Southern France. |
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Operation with the East Indies Fleet: July -
December 1945
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HMS PURSUER c. 1945 sporting her new paint
scheme for service in the Far East. |
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Above: 898 Squadron ashore at RNAS Puttalam
August 1945 - Lt. L. Barber 2nd row back 5th
from left [in sunglasses, Lt. D.R.L. Brown is
4th from left, Lt. Rayner is sat astride the
propeller boss and Lt. Cdr Kearsley is standing
below him with hands on hips. Photo: courtesy
Richard Barber |
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A group of shipmates pose on the flight deck, somewhere in the
Mediterranean C. August 1944 |
Unless stated otherwise all photos are courtesy of David
Dixon, his father served on Pursuer.
Page last edited:
02 December 2018
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