BRITISH COASTAL COMMAND U-BOAT HUNTERS.—This composite picture shows: (1) Planning a “comb-out" of a- Atlantic area at Coastal Command H.Q. Using the dividers is the Air Officer C. in C., Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert. With him a re Air Vice Marshal G. R. Brommet (extreme left), Air Commodore I. T. Lloyd (extreme right), and Air vice Marshal F. G. D. Hards (third from left); (2) A pilot and navigator of a “Catalina” have come in to the operation room of the Coastal Command Headquarters to be “briefed.” The controller is on the right; (3) Armourers loading up an Americanbuilt “Catalina” with bombs and ammunition before the aircraft sets out on its task of meeting a Britain-bound convoy and escorting it to one of our ports; (4) Across the water the "Catalina” flyingbot skims at ever-growing speed and in a few moments she will be in the air.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 67, 20 March 1942, Page 5
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149BRITISH COASTAL COMMAND U-BOAT HUNTERS.—This composite picture shows: (1) Planning a “comb-out" of a- Atlantic area at Coastal Command H.Q. Using the dividers is the Air Officer C. in C., Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert. With him are Air Vice Marshal G. R. Brommet (extreme left), Air Commodore I. T. Lloyd (extreme right), and Air vice Marshal F. G. D. Hards (third from left); (2) A pilot and navigator of a “Catalina” have come in to the operation room of the Coastal Command Headquarters to be “briefed.” The controller is on the right; (3) Armourers loading up an Americanbuilt “Catalina” with bombs and ammunition before the aircraft sets out on its task of meeting a Britain-bound convoy and escorting it to one of our ports; (4) Across the water the "Catalina” flyingbot skims at ever-growing speed and in a few moments she will be in the air. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 67, 20 March 1942, Page 5
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