British Naval pilots busy 24 hours. June 1944. Lt. (A) R M Crosley, D.S.C., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Attached to a Naval Seafire Wing who shot down one Me109 and damaged a Focke-Wolfe190 in the first 24 hours of the landings in Normandy. IWM (A 23962)
Photo taken on board H.M.S. Pursuer off Southern France. Pilot, Sub Lieut (A) B A Lawrence, R.N.V.R. of Swindon, Lancs, successfully landed his damaged Grumman Martlet fighter bomber on the Pursuer after it had “chewed” its way through tree-tops while on a low level strafing mission against German transport in the South of France, during one of the numerous operations undertaken from the Aircraft Carrier during August 21st to 26th 1944. (Photo I.W.M.)
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