GUARDING A BRITISH CONVOY FROM SKY ATTACK: British merchant shipping convoys are strongly protected against air attack by the vigilance of their escorting warships. High up on the air defence platform in a British cruiser sits the Air Defence Officer. He passes orders through microphone to the rating on the right, who in turn passes them on to the gun crews In the middle stands a midshipman, watching through glasses for eneny aircraft
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 2
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73GUARDING A BRITISH CONVOY FROM SKY ATTACK: British merchant shipping convoys are strongly protected against air attack by the vigilance of their escorting warships. High up on the air defence platform in a British cruiser sits the Air Defence Officer. He passes orders through microphone to the rating on the right, who in turn passes them on to the gun crews In the middle stands a midshipman, watching through glasses for eneny aircraft Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 2
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