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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 2177.PDF
Octobei 31 st, 1946 IER ME" tnd New on Show PHOTOGRAPHS The Griffon-ined Barracuda torpedo bomberch differs in nose, g and tail designn its predecessors to those who organized the unusually elaborate show aboard H.M.S. Theseus which for a week recently lay in Gladstone dock, Liverpool, open to public inspection on behalf of naval charities. The hangar resembled a small S.B.A.C. Static Display—by no means " miniature," being able to accommodate three squadrons of fighters and ranged on deck, as later described, were specimens of some of the latest British naval aircraft, specially assembled for the occasion. H.M.S. Theseus is a Light Fleet Carrier of the Colossus class. Laid down in 1942 in the yard of' the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., at Goran on the Clyde, she was launched by the late Lady Somerville on July 6th. 1944. Commissioned on January 9th, ittle honours of name Theseus. affixed to the > C.B.E., D.S.O., ne of his officers. », M.B.E., R.N.— : Lt./Cdr. R. L. t (Flying) ; Cdr. •N-—Commander nes, D.S.C. and Operations). Id Sea Mosquito " an afternoon's •s. g) watches workAground is the which miss the
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