Robert W. H. Everett
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Robert William Hanmer Everett was a British jockey and a Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve pilot during the Second World War. In 1929, he won the Grand National on Gregalach. In 1941, as a Fleet Air Arm pi
Test launch of a Hurricane from a CAM ship at Greenock, Scotland, 31 May 1941
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CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as a stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship.
Robert W. H. Everett
…Air Squadron at HMS Heron, Yeovilton. Later he volunteered for 804 Naval Air Squadron, which for a time supplied pilots for fighter catapult ships and CAM ships. While he was on HMS Maplin, a Condor was sighted on 1 August 1941 and Everett's Hawker Hurricane was launched. After a hard fight, the Condor was shot…
The Hawker Sea Hurricane W9182 on the catapult of a CAM ship
A Hurricane IA before launch during trials at Greenock, in 1941