FINE RECORD
BRITISH ESCORT-CARRIER
Rec. 11.15 a.m.
RUGBY, January 10,
In eight months of Atlantic convoy work not a single merchantman under the protection of escort-carrier H.M.S, Biter has been sunk. Since April, 1943, she has steamed over 45,000 miles in. the Atlantic, her aircraft patrolling the convoys always ready to pounce on U-boats. To her credit she has two Üboats sunk by combined attack by her aircraft and surface escorts, and three probably damaged by aircraft.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1944, Page 5
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