Possibly April/May 1945
- bombs on deck |
Results of airfield and runway
attacks, possibly on Ishigaki
Island, Sakishima Gunto,
southernmost of the three
island groups making up the
Okinawa archipelago
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Avenger returns from
Sakishima Gunto with u/c
(undercarriage) shot up,
approaching for emergency
landing - "steady"
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..... "catches" safe on deck -
"one more night of work" |
Hellcat back from combat but
only just
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Pilot badly injured,
undercarriage damaged |
Twin 4.5's in action during
Kamikaze attack on
Indomitable. Japanese suicide
aircraft dived, hit deck and
"bounced" off
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"HMS
Indefatigable
under attack" - and following
(Identity is uncertain and
the following photographs
are all believed to be of
HMS
Formidable)
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Corsair fighter
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Corsair
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possibly Corsair |
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Another Corsair
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June
1945
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Relieved
by
HM Aircraft Carrier
IMPLACABLE
and refitted in
Sydney.
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July
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On
completion remained
at
Sydney.
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August
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15th
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Transferred
to
RN control after
Japan
surrendered.
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Took
passage
to
Subic Bay, Philippines
with HM Aircraft
Carrier VENERABLE,
HM Cruisers EURYALUS
and SWIFTSURE
screened by three
Fleet Destroyers
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27th
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Sailed
with
HMS VENERABLE,
HMS SWIFTSURE,
HMS
BLACK
PRINCE,
HMS EURYALUS
screened by HM
Destroyers
KEMPENFELT,
URSA,
QUADRANT
and
WHIRLWIND
as Task Group 111.2
to re-occupy
Hong
Kong.
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29th
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Met
HM
Battleship
ANSON
and HM Aircraft
Carrier VENGEANCE
prior to entry into
the Colony of Hong
Kong after
minesweeping
completed.
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30th
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Carried
out
air attacks with HMS
VENERABLE
on Japanese
explosive boats in
Lamma
Bay. Entered Hong
Kong
on completion.
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HMS
INDOMITABLE
was deployed with
the BPF in the
Far
East until
12th November 1945 and returned to the United
Kingdom on 12th
December. The ship
was reduced to
Reserve in 1946.
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Photograph taken on Okinawa
by one of the crew of an
Avenger from Indomitable
while the fighting for
Okinawa was still in
progress - possibly June
1945
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US Skymasters on Okinawa -
possibly June 1945
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around June/July 1945 - Newspaper
clipping
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Michael Stupid, Indomitable -
elated!
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dejected |
Card, front |
"signed" rear of card - "Yours
with love, Navy "Indomitable",
Michael Stupid |
Sydney, Hong Kong and Home
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Entering Captain Cook Dock,
Woolloomaloo
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Sydney Harbour, Garden
Island Naval Base including
Captain Cook Dry Dock in
foreground,
Indomitable or one of
her sisters in centre
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Sydney Harbour from Kirribilli
with Garden Island on the right
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10.00 hours, Monday 22 October
1945 - homeward-bound with
Sydney Bridge astern
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HMS
Anson
in Hong Kong
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Possibly
Indefatigable
in Hong Kong |
Aerial view of Hong Kong city
and harbour, China in background
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Sunset in Hong Kong
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Close-up of Pagoda
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The Peak, Hong Kong |
Looking inland from shoreline,
the "Tiger Palace" pagoda
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Hong Kong from harbour
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Possibly HMS Indomitable at
Cape Town, homeward-bound
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Possibly HMS Indomitable at
Cape Town, homeward-bound
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Carrying gifts
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Maurice
Whiteing, June 2007
Died 7 February 2009 |
his wife Kit
Whiteing, also June 2007,
who served in the Women's Land
Army in the war
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Kit's lapel badge
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and recently-received
Certificate of
Appreciation from the Government
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HMS
Indomitable pennant
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A
fascinating paper knife
fashioned from bits and pieces
of aircraft and Kamikaze's in
the carrier's workshops
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