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. - Left to right: Lieut Cdr D W Phillips, DSC, RN; Lieut Cdr V Rance, RN, DSO; Lieut Cdr D Brooks, RNVR, DSC and bar; Lieut P A M Hudson, RN, DSC, after the attack

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