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Post by Antonio on May 19, 2023 9:34:53 GMT 12
A must read for those interested in Carriers & the FAA. An interesting insight especially for the number of Kiwis who flew with the RNZNVR. LINK: www.armouredcarriers.com/ |
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Post by Antonio on May 19, 2023 11:06:39 GMT 12
Following on from this are is the Royal Navy Research Archive: Home Link: www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/
NAS Link: Royal Naval Air SquadronsInteresting reading with plenty of RNZVR entries.  1944: 20th August. Sub-Lt R. A. Gowan RNZNVR. Operation DRAGOON. D+6. Severely injured when hit from behind by LR710 (Sub Lt W.A. Clarke RNVR) following a landing-on incident. LR710 returning from a TacR sortie, caught the hook on a plate on the after lift, was thrown up over all the arrestor wires and cleared the barriers to continue on into the forward deck park, damaging LR643, NN128 & LR740. Sub Lt A. A. Gowan was critically injured in the crash, he was still in the cockpit of his aircraft (NN128) having taxied forward into the aircraft park. His thigh was broken by LR740's airscrew which ripped through the cockpit door causing a serious compound fracture of the right femur, and was later transferred to the Naval Hospital, Maddalena. Note: Sub Lt Gowan RNZNVR was later awarded the DSC for skill and leadership in dive-bombing and strafing missions during 'Operation Dragoon'.
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