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Wondering if any men and women from Battlefords served on HMCS Battleford of the Royal Canadian Navy. Interesting page on the model... shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38895 1/48 scale model of an early short foscle Corvette. Note mast forward of bridge and quarterdeck with mine sweeping gear. 4 gun forward, 2pdr Vickers aft, Lewis Guns on bridge. From Wikipedia: With group C1, she shared credit for sinking U-356 during the battle for convoy ON 154, and participated in the battles for convoy SC 94, convoy HX 222 and convoy KMS 10G. After leaving group C1 which she had been a part of up to May 1943, Battleford escorted North American coastal convoys with the Western Local Escort Force for the last two years of the war as part of escort group W-3.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:21:33 +0000

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