HMCS TRENTONIAN’s gunners testing the new 20mm oerlikons fitted to increase the ships Anti-Aircraft defenses in April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK148) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, […]
Oelikon Gunner
Ralph O’Brien at HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Oelikon gun. The caging around the gun restricts the line of fire, preventing a eager sailor from “shooting” their own ship in the heat of battle. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB078)