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- regularIMPRESS
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- My Father, Petty Officer Fagan
- Location of story:听
- HMS Rajah, Indian Ocean
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A3435941
- Contributed on:听
- 22 December 2004
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The picture attached shows a Fairey Barracuda which may be from HMS Rajah, or HMS Ukussa in Ceylon, being escorted by american built Chance Vaught F4U Corsairs. This picture was taken air-to-air by another Fleet Air Arm aircraft. It may not be clear on the website, but the red centre of the identification roundel on the fuselage and the red portion of the cockade on the tail have been removed as was usual practice in the Far East theatre.
The reason for this was that there were tragic errors when the red roundels were mistaken for Japanese markings with aircraft being shot down as a result.
The Barracuda was one of many types which my father as an Aero Engine Artificer worked on when serving with the FAA. The Barracuda wasn't an overly successful aircraft, but they did take part in two noted raids on the German Battleship Tirpitz.
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