Hellcat Mk I - NICE ! ! !

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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Nope...never lost track. All I posted was relevant to rebutting your
position that there were no carriers and hence no Hellcats.

If you want to state:

that their aircraft were not used OVER THE BEACHHEAD during the
invasion.

(BOLD inserted by me) then I can agree with you.


Well, since that IS what I said, it appears you DID lose track.




No, the following is what you said:

I think you've lost track of the subject. The issue is not where the carriers were on D-Day, but whether the Hellcat was used during the Normandy invsasion.
If you accept sources that indicate the carriers
were nowhere near Normandy you have to accept that
their aircraft were not used during the invasion.

and

MS 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.

Show me where you stated over the beachhead prior
to this and I will concede. Adding that phrase
makes the statement correct, leaving it out makes
the statement incorrect. I do not see where you
made that distinction until I made it for you.

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Lynn in StLou
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"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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No, the following is what you said:

I think you've lost track of the subject. The issue is not where the
carriers were on D-Day, but whether the Hellcat was used during the
Normandy invsasion.
If you accept sources that indicate the carriers were nowhere near
Normandy you have to accept that their aircraft were not used during the
invasion.

and

MS 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.

Show me where you stated over the beachhead prior to this and I will
concede. Adding that phrase makes the statement correct, leaving it out
makes the statement incorrect. I do not see where you made that
distinction until I made it for you.


Review the thread, it's there.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
et...
No, the following is what you said:
I think you've lost track of the subject. The issue is not where the
carriers were on D-Day, but whether the Hellcat was used during the
Normandy invsasion.
If you accept sources that indicate the carriers were nowhere near
Normandy you have to accept that their aircraft were not used during the
invasion.

and

MS 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.
Show me where you stated over the beachhead prior to this and I will
concede. Adding that phrase makes the statement correct, leaving it out
makes the statement incorrect. I do not see where you made that
distinction until I made it for you.


Review the thread, it's there.




I have...that statement is not there.

Lynn in StLou
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"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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I have...that statement is not there.


It's there. If you haven't found it you haven't reviewed the complete
thread.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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I have...that statement is not there.


It's there. If you haven't found it you haven't reviewed the complete
thread.



Prove your case. Produce the post.

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Lynn in StLou
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"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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Prove your case. Produce the post.


For what purpose? You say you've reviewed the thread. If that's true,
you've already seen them.

I have Ray Sturvtivant and Theo Ballance exhaustive history of the
Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm here.

The narrative history of the Squadron says that: "on 3rd April 1944
escort was provided for an attack on the battleship Tirpitz, and during
the next two months strikes were made on shipping off Norway. On 18th
June no.804 Squadron was absorbed and its strength increased from 10 to
20 Hellcats. It later sailed to the Mediterranean to take part in the
invasion of the south of France in August"

A Battle honour for "Normandy 1944" is however listed.

The squadron base list says:

"HMS Emperor 6 May 1944
Belfast 5 June 1944
HMS Emperor 7 June 1944
Ayr 19 June 1944
Ballyhalbert 28 June 1944
HMS Emperor 9 July 1944"

The NORMANDY battle honour is for "Operation Neptune, covering and
support forces in the Channel, Dover to Ushant for landings in France
6th June to 3 July 1944"

??

Moggy




Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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Prove your case. Produce the post.


For what purpose? You say you've reviewed the thread. If that's true,
you've already seen them.