SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS EMPRESS, AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ONE OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - Standing on the bridge of the EMPRESS, Lieut (A) John Myerscough, RNVR, of Cottam, Near Preston, Lancs, waves to the cameraman. He had just reported to his Captain the details of how he had shot down a Japanese Oscar whilst leading his Section of Hellcat fighters giving air protection to a Task Force of the East Indies Fleet. It was the first Japanese fighter shot down from the EMPRESS and the ship's a
SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS EMPRESS, AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ONE OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - Standing on the bridge of the EMPRESS, Lieut (A) John Myerscough, RNVR, of Cottam, Near Preston, Lancs, waves to the cameraman. He had just reported to his Captain the details of how he had shot down a Japanese Oscar whilst leading his Section of Hellcat fighters giving air protection to a Task Force of the East Indies Fleet. It was the first Japanese fighter shot down from the EMPRESS and the ship's artist wasted no time in recording the signal event by painting the Japanese flag and an aircraft silhouette alongside
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