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RN Fleet air arm wearing USN jackets
These photos are from a series of the fleet air arms attack on the Tirpitz in 1944.
They are all from the carrier HMS Emperor.
Pybus, originally designated AVG-34, was laid down on 23 June 1942 as MC Hull No. 245 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Washington. Reclassified as ACV-34 on 20 August 1942, the ship was launched on 7 October 1942 and commissioned into the United States Navy on 31 May 1943 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington. Pybus was reclassified as CVE-34 on 15 July 1943 and assigned for transfer to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease agreement.
Pybus reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet after shakedown, in a temporary status, before she decommissioned on 6 August 1943 at New York. She was accepted that day by the UK and placed in service as HMS Emperor with the pennant number D98.
Lieut Oakes, RN, of Bury St Edmunds, in the cockpit of his plane just before setting out on the attack.
Five New Zealanders who took part in the attack. Left to right: Sub Lieutenants, Scanes, of Christchurch; Cranwell, of Auckland; McLennan, of Thames; Jellie, of Auckland; and Lieut Hill (bats) of Wellington.
Captain T J N Hilkin, RN, discussing the result of the operation with Hellcat pilots.
Grumman Hellcat pilots of the escort carrier HMS EMPEROR studying a model of the German battleship TIRPITZ and its hide-out in Alten Fjord on the flight deck just before the attack, which left the TIRPITZ blazing, began. Two of their aircraft can be seen in the distance.
These photos are from a series of the fleet air arms attack on the Tirpitz in 1944.
They are all from the carrier HMS Emperor.
Pybus, originally designated AVG-34, was laid down on 23 June 1942 as MC Hull No. 245 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Washington. Reclassified as ACV-34 on 20 August 1942, the ship was launched on 7 October 1942 and commissioned into the United States Navy on 31 May 1943 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington. Pybus was reclassified as CVE-34 on 15 July 1943 and assigned for transfer to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease agreement.
Pybus reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet after shakedown, in a temporary status, before she decommissioned on 6 August 1943 at New York. She was accepted that day by the UK and placed in service as HMS Emperor with the pennant number D98.
Lieut Oakes, RN, of Bury St Edmunds, in the cockpit of his plane just before setting out on the attack.
Five New Zealanders who took part in the attack. Left to right: Sub Lieutenants, Scanes, of Christchurch; Cranwell, of Auckland; McLennan, of Thames; Jellie, of Auckland; and Lieut Hill (bats) of Wellington.
Captain T J N Hilkin, RN, discussing the result of the operation with Hellcat pilots.
Grumman Hellcat pilots of the escort carrier HMS EMPEROR studying a model of the German battleship TIRPITZ and its hide-out in Alten Fjord on the flight deck just before the attack, which left the TIRPITZ blazing, began. Two of their aircraft can be seen in the distance.
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