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English: The Catapult Armed Merchant (CAM) ship MV Empire Tide at anchor at Hvalfjord, Iceland. A Hawker Hurricane is on the catapult ready for flying. RAF F/O Flynn made the last combat launch from an CAM ship from MV Empire Tide on 28 July 1943. He destroyed a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C and was successfully recovered by the sloop HMS Enchantress (L56).
Date circa 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This photograph A 10115 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Lt. C.H. Parnall, Royal Navy official photographer

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