Battle of the Atlantic: Hurricanes Launched by Catapults and Rockets
Catapult-Armed Merchant “CAM” ship pilots flew highly secretive one-way missions. David Wright was one of only a handful and their stories are little known. Using rockets and catapults mounted on merchant ships, Hurricane fighter planes were launched to shoot down German planes. With no flight deck to land on, pilots had to bail out seconds before the planes sank into the Atlantic. We’ll hear two war time stories, Norma Wright’s, who joined the National Fire Service; and David’s, her la...