CHANNEL ACTION
FLEET PILOT KILLED 'Rec 11.55 a.m.) London. Feb. 15. Lieutenant-Commander Esmonde, vho led the attack of six Swordfish aircraft against the German battleships, ,vas killed in action. He wtr.s recently -warded the D.S.O. He was previously with the Imperial Airways, end was :ne of the pioneer pilots of the Empire jir routes. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 February 1942, Page 5
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55CHANNEL ACTION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 February 1942, Page 5
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