FLEET AIR ARM TRIUMPH IN CONVOY ACTION. 16 APRIL 1944, ON BOARD HMS TRACKER. AVENGER AIRCRAFT FROM TWO BRITISH ESCORT CARRIERS, HMS TRACKER AND HMS ACTIVITY, SCORED A SIGNAL SUCCESS WHEN THE CONVOY WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN U-BOATS AND AIRCRAFT. SIX GERMAN AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH ONE U-BOAT. - Sub Lieut (A) R A Woodward, RNVR, of Sheffield (left), Observer of one of the Avengers from the TRACKER which sank the U-boat, with Lieut (A) J E Scott, RNVR, of Aberdeen, one of the pilots from the TRACKER who helped to shoot down the six enemy aircraft

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