"Enzo Matrix" wrote in message
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Agreed. However we have two documents that mention Ermperor's service
during the D-Day landings. One document states that Emperor "served on
anti-submarine detail during Operation Overlord". The other states she
"served as an ASW patrol ship at Normandy".


I have no problem with the first one, I believe the second document is in
error. HMS Emperor does not appear among the list of ships participating in
Operation NEPTUNE, the naval side of OVERLORD. HMS Emperor may very well
have been engaged in ASW operations during the invasion, but if those
operations aren't considered direct support of NEPTUNE they can't be
considered direct support of the Normandy invasion.

The Royal Navy archive site does not mention Normandy or OVERLORD in it's
history of HMS Emperor.

http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive....RT/EMPEROR.htm



The same two documents also claim that Emperor took part in Operations
TUNGSTEN and DRAGOON. TUNGSTEN preceded OVERLORD, DRAGOON
was after it. Both TUNGSTEN and DRAGOON involved the use of Hellcats from
Emperor. It doesn't seem likely that the Hellcats were removed from
Emperor before
D-Day and replaced with some other naval fighter, only to be returned to
the ship immediately afterwards.


Agreed, and since there's no mention of participation in the Normandy
invasion in the history of 800 Squadron it seems likely that HMS Emperor did
not participate in that action.

http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Squadrons/800.htm



My statement, which you questioned, was "Emperor provided aircraft for the
anti-submarine screen during the D-Day landings, again with Hellcats as
fighter cover", which seems pretty much supported by those two documents.


Only by one of them, which appears to be in error.