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WAR ITEMS
LONDON, April 30.
The body of Lieutenant-Com-mander Esmond, V.C., who led Swordfish torpedo planes against the German battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, has been recovered from the Medway. It was announced on February 15 that L;eutenant-Com-mander Esmond had been killed. He was' formerly with Imperial Airways. One of the pioneer pilots of the Empire air routes, he flew 500,000 miles in five years.
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Grey River Argus, 1 May 1942, Page 5
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64WAR ITEMS Grey River Argus, 1 May 1942, Page 5
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