SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS EMPRESS, AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ON E OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - The four pilots of a Section of a Hellcat fighter Squadron serving with the EMPRESS, just after they had landed on after attacking and shooting down a Japanese Oscar. Left to right: Sub Lieut (A) J C Allen, RNVR, of Cambridge; Sub Lieut (A) J E Rickatson, RNVR, of Hull; Sub Lieut (A) B Wiseberg, RNVR, of Prestwich, Manchester; and the Section Leader, Lieut (A) John Meyerscough, RNVR, of Cottam, Near P
SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS EMPRESS, AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ON E OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - The four pilots of a Section of a Hellcat fighter Squadron serving with the EMPRESS, just after they had landed on after attacking and shooting down a Japanese Oscar. Left to right: Sub Lieut (A) J C Allen, RNVR, of Cambridge; Sub Lieut (A) J E Rickatson, RNVR, of Hull; Sub Lieut (A) B Wiseberg, RNVR, of Prestwich, Manchester; and the Section Leader, Lieut (A) John Meyerscough, RNVR, of Cottam, Near Preston, Lancs
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