HMS Puncher (D79)
Bogue class escort carrier Aircraft carrier
in Royal Canadian Navy |
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The carrier served the Royal Canadian Navy except for Fleet Air Arm personnel in the Atlantic and Mediterranean for the duration of hostilities. Stationed with Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, Puncher initially served in a training role, but was re-tasked to strike and convoy air protection (CAP) after her sister ship, HMS Nabob was torpedoed off Norway in 1944.
Also part of her squadron was the US escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay. Puncher also provided convoy air protection on the Murmansk/Arkhangelsk convoy route which she did six times. Strike operations included German occupied Norway against industrial and shipping targets such as the steel works at Narvik on the west coast of Norway.
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Read Clarence mitchell's story
"From Boys to Men"
from the time he served on HMS Puncher.
His story from the time on HMS Punscher starts at page 6. |
| Aircraft carried: 20 ( confirmed) |
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Fleet Air Arm squadrons assigned to Puncher included
Fairey Barracuda fighter/bombers,
Fairey Firefly fighter/bombers,
American-built Hellcat (Wildcat) fighters
Avenger torpedo bombers. eck. |
November 1944: Embarked 12 BARRACUDA aircraft and personnel of 821Squadron
January 1945:861 and 821 Squadrons with WILDCAT and BARRACUDA aircraft
April 1945: 825 Squadron WILDCAT aircraft and personnel
Source: www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-05CVE-Puncher.htm
The Barracuda was one of the largest carrier-borne aircraft in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and required rocket assistance to take flight from the small flight deck |
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| US Navy radar outfits were fitted during build. |
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