FLEET AIR ARM IN CONVOY ACTION. 3 APRIL 1944, AVENGER AIRCRAFT FROM TWO BRITISH ESCORT CARRIERS, HMS TRACKER AND HMS ACTIVITY, SCORED A SIGNAL SUCCESS WHEN THE CONVOY THEY WERE ESCORTING TO NORTHERN RUSSIA WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN U-BOATS AND AIRCRAFT. SIX GERMAN AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED, AND ONE U-BOAT WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM. - Picture taken from one of the attacking Avengers, the conning tower of the battered U-boat, with a German gunner in action

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