COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ENEMY SHIPPING IN DEN HELDER - In one of the most daring strikes during the war in the teeth of the enemy's powerful shore defences, a strong force of Beaufighters made up from Strike Wings of the , , and operating under Coastal Command attacked an enemy convoy last night in the narrow anchorage of Den Helder. In the face of intense flak from coastal batteries of Texel the Beaufighters carried stright through the flak and very severely damaged a half completed destroyed and left five other ships on fire. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Portr
COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ENEMY SHIPPING IN DEN HELDER - In one of the most daring strikes during the war in the teeth of the enemy's powerful shore defences, a strong force of Beaufighters made up from Strike Wings of the , , and operating under Coastal Command attacked an enemy convoy last night in the narrow anchorage of Den Helder. In the face of intense flak from coastal batteries of Texel the Beaufighters carried stright through the flak and very severely damaged a half completed destroyed and left five other ships on fire. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Portrait of WING COMMANDER DAVID L. CARTRIDGE, DFC & BAR., of Bristol who took part in the action. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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