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Description IWM caption : HMS Kite (U87) on anti-submarine patrol with the 2nd Escort Group. HMS Kite joins in the depth charge attack and is dwarfed by the column of water which rises six-times her height. Captain Walker's 2nd Escort Group, consisted of the sloops, HMS Starling (U66), Kite, HMS Wild Goose (U45), HMS Magpie (U82) and HMS Woodpecker (U08), with the escort carriers HMS Activity (D94) and HMS Nairana (D05). In January 1944 it left from Liverpool with orders to protect convoys and intercept U-Boats in the Atlantic just southwest of Ireland. By their return in February 1944 they had managed to sink 6 U-boats.
Date between 26 January 1944 and 26 February 1944
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1944-01-26T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1944-02-26T00:00:00Z/11
Source
This photograph A 21989 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author
Claude Henry Parnall  (1897–1986)  wikidata:Q110967291
 
Alternative names
C. H. Parnall; Parnall, C H (Lt)
Description war photographer
Date of birth/death 19 June 1897 Edit this at Wikidata 1986 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q110967291
, Royal Navy official photographer
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current15:30, 11 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:30, 11 December 2011800 × 599 (39 KB)Common Goodhigher res
01:52, 14 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:52, 14 February 2010300 × 232 (8 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description=IWM caption : HMS KITE ON AN ANTI SUBMARINE PATROL WITH SECOND ESCORT GROUP. HMS KITE joins in the depth charge attack and is dwarfed by the column of water which rises six-times her height.Captain Walker'

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