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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Major snippage for brevity...


HMS Emperor is not listed among the participating ships of Operation NEPTUNE
in any capacity. No aircraft carriers are listed. There wouldn't seem to
be a need for them with thousands of land-based aircraft available.

The following is provided in another post...

t appears the carriers Tracker, Pursuer and Emperor were on U-boat patrol
about 300 miles west of Normandy during the landings.

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/...-7.htm#cn417-3

This reference is titled *DEFENSIVE MEASURES --
NEPTUNE OPERATION* and in its footnotes mentions
Tracker, Pursuer, and Emperor. The document says
they were part of a force provided by CinC Western
Approaches to counter U-boat movement from the
north. That does not support your position that
there were no aircraft carriers. All three
carriers are credited with battle honors at Normandy.


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