Monday, September 20, 2021

Saturday September 20, 1941. The HMS Audacity In Action.

HMS Audacity

A notable event occurred when a Grumman F4F in British service, and deployed from the Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Audacity, shot down a German Fw 200 bomber.

Today in World War II History—September 20, 1941

The Audacity was a converted German merchant ship and had gone into service in July, so she was a new vessel. She was the first of her kind. Escort carriers were a game changer in the Battle of the Atlantic, as carriers with them in their convoy could carry their air umbrella with them.

The United States built the bulk of escort carriers during the war, with the type being numerous enough that eventually they joined battle formations in addition to providing escort duties. Ships built for the British reflected British naval conditions, in that unlike the American ones, they did not feature an ice cream maker or washing machines.

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