Crashed Barracuda is secured to HMS PUNCHER’s deck following a crash, Howard Abbott recalls this plane was later pushed over the side. HMS PUNCHER is a Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA043)
HMS PUNCHER -Arctic Ops
HMS BIRMINGHAM and another CVE, possibly HMS TRUMPETER sail in formation with Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier, HMS PUNCHER (foreground) in April 1945. HMS PUNCHER was attached to Operation NEWMARKET in the Arctic Ocean. The objective was to attack, U-Boat depot ships at Kilbotn, Norway. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA046)
Howard Abbott, RCNVR
Howard Abbott, RCNVR in the Canadian manned Escort Aircraft Carrier, HMS PUNCHER, off the coast of Norway, Jan/Feb 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA082)
HMS DIDO
HMS DIDO alongside the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier HMS PUNCHER during operations off Haugesund Fjord in January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA047)
Flight Operations -HMS PUNCHER
Seven of the nine Barracuda’s returned to Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier, HMS PUNCHER following a mine laying operation in Haugesund Fjord, Norway on 22 February, 1945. The two aircraft were shot down by shore defenses over the target and both aircrew were killed. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA041)
HMS PUNCHER Sailors
Howard Abbott (front left) with shipmates in Canadian manned Escort Aircraft Carrier, HMS PUNCHER during Arctic Operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA079)
HMCS IROQUOIS Exploits After VE Day
Great detail has been recorded of the Royal Canadian Navy’s ships during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Atlantic, Operations in the Arctic, Mediterranean and many other ocean battlefronts. Sadly very little has been written about what happened to our ships after VE Day? Recently I have received a large collection of […]