Sorry forgot to mention them. They added to the damage inflicted by the subs, which made up theminds of the top brass that she wouldn't be able to go to sea again and it would be better for them to turn it into a costal battery.
The FAA attacks were the baptism of fire for the Barracuda and the Corsair, the Hellcat having been used on smaller carriers in convoy protection.
I belive the only VC won by the FAA fighter pilots was by a pilot who flew the Corsair, but in the Pacific Theater
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