FLEET AIR ARM WIPES OUT GERMAN CONVOY. 1 JUNE 1944, ON BOARD THE CARRIER HMS VICTORIOUS, NORTH EAST OF STADLANDET, OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST. THE CARRIER-BORNE AIRCRAFT DISCOVERED AN ENEMY CONVOY OF TWO 6,000 TON MERCHANTMAN AND A 3,000 TON SUPPLY SHIP, ESCORTED BY FOUR FLAKSHIPS. BOTH THE MERCHANTMEN WERE HIT, THE STERN BLOWN OFF THE SUPPLY VESSEL AND ALL FOUR FLAKSHIPS WERE SILENCED AND LEFT BURNING. - Canadian fighter pilots who took part in the attack are looking at a photograph from home. Left to right: Sub Lieut (Red) B L Hayter, of London, Ontario; Lieut D M MacLeod of Stellarton, Nova Sc
FLEET AIR ARM WIPES OUT GERMAN CONVOY. 1 JUNE 1944, ON BOARD THE CARRIER HMS VICTORIOUS, NORTH EAST OF STADLANDET, OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST. THE CARRIER-BORNE AIRCRAFT DISCOVERED AN ENEMY CONVOY OF TWO 6,000 TON MERCHANTMAN AND A 3,000 TON SUPPLY SHIP, ESCORTED BY FOUR FLAKSHIPS. BOTH THE MERCHANTMEN WERE HIT, THE STERN BLOWN OFF THE SUPPLY VESSEL AND ALL FOUR FLAKSHIPS WERE SILENCED AND LEFT BURNING. - Canadian fighter pilots who took part in the attack are looking at a photograph from home. Left to right: Sub Lieut (Red) B L Hayter, of London, Ontario; Lieut D M MacLeod of Stellarton, Nova Scotia; and Sub Lieut D J Sheppard, of Toronto
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