FLEET AIR ARM RAID ON PADANG. 23 AND 24 AUGUST 1944, ON BOARD HMS INDOMITABLE AT SEA. A CARRIER-BORNE FLEET AIR ARM ATTACK, SUPPORTED BY ALLIED UNITS OF THE EASTERN FLEET, WAS CARRIED OUT ON 24 AUGUST 1944 AGAINST THE LARGE INDAROENG CEMENT MANUFACTURING PLANT NEAR PADANG, ON THE WEST COAST OF SUMATRA. AND ALSO AGAINST EMMAHAVEN, THE PORT OF PADANG. - Sub Lieut (A) Edwin Hawkins, RNVR, of Cambridge, one of the Hellcat pilots who took part in the attack

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