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  HMS Searcher D40 (CVE-22)   
1943 - 1945 .
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HMS Searcher

Class

US Bogue Class / Attacker Class

Builder

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation 
Tacoma, Washington

Laid down

20 February 1942

Launched

20 June 1942

Commissioned

7 April 1943

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December 1943 - January 1944

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898 NAS 9 Dec. 43 - 4. Jan. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Convoy escort duties in the North Atlantic
last update 20. October 2013
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February 1944

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898 NAS 8. Feb 44 - 28. Feb 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Convoy escort duties in the North Atlantic
last update 20. October 2013
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April 1944

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882 NAS Wildcat V (10) -
898 NAS 2. Mar 44 - 7. Apr. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Operation Tungsten 3 April 1944 (Tirpitz Raid)
last update 20. October 2013
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April 1944

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898 NAS 18. Apr. 44 - 28. Apr. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Anti shipping strike off Norway
last update 20. October 2013
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May 1944 - June 1944

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898 NAS 3. May 44 - 1. Jun 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Anti shipping strike off Norway
last update 20. October 2013
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June 1944 - July 1944

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898 NAS 8. Jun. 44 - 5. Jul. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Convoy escort to Gibraltar
last update 20. October 2013
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Capt: CAG: -
746 A Flight Firefly NF.II ? Maj L.A. Harris, OBE DSC RM
 14. Mar. 1945 - 30. Mar. 1945
Lt-Cdr G.L. Davies, DSC RNVR
12. Apr. 1945 - 13. Apr. 1945
 

 

 

 746A NAS    
last update 24. April 2021
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Decommissioned

29 November 1945
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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