Rescue Ship bombed

21st September 1941: Convoy to Gibraltar badly hit by U-Boats and aircraft

Convoy OG 74¹left Liverpool on 13th September bound for Gibraltar. Its route took it way out into the Atlantic in the hope of avoiding German spotter planes and U Boats. For the first time, this convoy had the support of an ‘Escort Carrier’- HMS Audacity - , whose aircraft were intended to counter the Luftwaffe attacks. Also unusually there was a 'rescue…