'MERCHANT CARRIERS'
British Ships Equipped With i Flight Decks BATTLE OP ATLANTIC CRISIS Rec. 4 p.m. RUGBY, March 30. I It is revealed that during the most ' critical period of the Battle for the ! Atlantic, some British merchantmen . were equipped with flight decks for I launching and landing aircraft, which were carried as defensive armament. These merchant aircraft carriers are unique in naval history, in that they combine the functions !of laden merchantmen with those of miniature esc ."t-carriers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 76, 31 March 1945, Page 2 (Supplement)
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