SUBMARINERS OF THE EASTERN FLEET. 22 MARCH 1944, COLOMBO, CEYLON. ON 19 APRIL 1944 BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WHICH WERE ESCORTED BY A POWERFUL ALLIED FLEET OF BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, AND SUBMARINES, CARRIED OUT A SURPRISE RAID ON THE SABANG AND LHO-NGA AIRFIELDS IN NORTHERN SUMATRA. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO ALIGHT ON THE SEA, BUT THE PILOT WAS SAVED BY HM SUBMARINE TACTICIAN WHICH SURFACED AND CARRIED OUT THE RESCUE UNDER FIRE FROM SHORE BATTERIES. - Some of the crew of HMS TACTICIAN that carried out the rescue. The group includes: Able Seaman Waddington,
SUBMARINERS OF THE EASTERN FLEET. 22 MARCH 1944, COLOMBO, CEYLON. ON 19 APRIL 1944 BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WHICH WERE ESCORTED BY A POWERFUL ALLIED FLEET OF BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, AND SUBMARINES, CARRIED OUT A SURPRISE RAID ON THE SABANG AND LHO-NGA AIRFIELDS IN NORTHERN SUMATRA. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO ALIGHT ON THE SEA, BUT THE PILOT WAS SAVED BY HM SUBMARINE TACTICIAN WHICH SURFACED AND CARRIED OUT THE RESCUE UNDER FIRE FROM SHORE BATTERIES. - Some of the crew of HMS TACTICIAN that carried out the rescue. The group includes: Able Seaman Waddington, Burnley, Lancs; Stoker Charles Fleming, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; Leading Cook Harry Hoy, Liverpool; Able Seaman John Green, Oldham, Lancs; Able Seaman James Southern, Manchester; Stoker James Hughes, Moreton, Cheshire; Stoker Leonard Thame, Luton, Bedford; Engine Room Artificer Thomas Eales, Derby; Able Seaman Walter Ferrell, Manchester; Stoker Fred Thompson, Thornley-on-Tees, York; Leading Seaman Robert Lloyd, Prickwillow, Cambridge
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