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TRENTONIAN’s Gun Crew

June 12, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

TRENTONIAN’s Gun Crew

LS Gordon Harley (Hamilton), AB Arthur Slater (Winnipeg) and AB Stan Bennett (Conception Bay), HMCS TRENTONIAN’s after 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK159)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 2 Pdr. Pom Pom, Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Gunnery, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun

December 14, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun

RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your […]

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TRENTONIAN Pom-Pom Crew

September 19, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

TRENTONIAN Pom-Pom Crew

HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew, LS Gordon Harley, AB Arthur Slater and AB Stan Bennett. The men painted the names of their girlfriends on the inside of the gun shield. The gun is in an elevated platform on the after end of the corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy […]

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HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Pom-Pom

May 7, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Pom-Pom

HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom with lookout in the searchlight tub above. Unknown date/time. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB017)

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