Out With U-boat Killer Number 1; the Second Escort Group's Success. 26 January To 25 February 1944, on Board HMS Starling. With the 2nd Escort Group, Commanded by Captain F J Walker, Cb, Dso and Two Bars, on His Most Rec A21986

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Claude Henry Parnall

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Out With U-boat Killer Number 1; the Second Escort Group's Success. 26 January To 25 February 1944, on Board HMS Starling. With the 2nd Escort Group, Commanded by Captain F J Walker, Cb, Dso and Two Bars, on His Most Recent and Most Successful Patrol. Three of the Group's Six U-boat "kills" Were Made Within 16 Hours.
The Hunt is on, dramatic bridge scene on board the STARLING, as Capt Walker, his right hand clutching a hastily grabbed sandwich, takes a bearing on a submerged U-boat on receiving a report "Echo 180 degrees, 2000 yards Sir"

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