Dawn patrol from HMS Indomitable

28th December 1941: A carrier observer describes his first operational sortie

Dec 28, 2021

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HMS Indomitable after receiving repairs in Norfolk, Virginia

The Fleet carrier HMS Indomitable should have accompanied ‘Force Z’ to Singapore earlier in December. Instead she found herself in the US Naval yard at Norfolk, Virginia receiving substantial repairs to her hull, following an unfortunate grounding. In a remarkably quick turnaround she was now b…

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