SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. 1 MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS AMEER AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ONE OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - This sub-flight of a fighter Squadron in the AMEER immediately after landing on following a "kill". They had shot down a Jap bomber, a Dinah, which they had attacked at 16,000 feet. They all had a "go" at it, hitting it all over the place, the Dinah fell on its back, fell 6,000 feet then burst into flames, exploded and disintegrated in mid-air. Left to right: Sub Lieut (A) Peter William Talbot, RNVR, of
SOME FIGHTERS OF AN EASTERN ESCORT CARRIER MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL. 1 MARCH 1945, ON BOARD HMS AMEER AT SEA. ON BOARD AFTER ONE OF HER FIGHTERS HAD SHOT DOWN THE SHIP'S FIRST JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. - This sub-flight of a fighter Squadron in the AMEER immediately after landing on following a "kill". They had shot down a Jap bomber, a Dinah, which they had attacked at 16,000 feet. They all had a "go" at it, hitting it all over the place, the Dinah fell on its back, fell 6,000 feet then burst into flames, exploded and disintegrated in mid-air. Left to right: Sub Lieut (A) Peter William Talbot, RNVR, of North Harrow, Middlesex; Sub Lieut (A) Clive Donald Mortimer Barnett, RNVR, of Hereford; Lieut (A) Oscar Frank Wheatley, RNVR, the sub-flight leader, of Kenilworth; Sub Lieut (A) James Scott, RNVR, of Stroud. ,
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