Collection of photographs and documents relating to Cyril Lewis White and the Battle of the Atlantic
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Small collection of photographs and other ephemera relating to RAF Hurricane fighter pilot Cyril Lewis White (1920-1998).
Six snapshot photographs taken on board the convoy ship MV Daghestan during the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. Images show a Hurricane 'catafighter' ready to be launched; a fellow convoy ship at sea; waves crashing over the ship's deck; and two snaps of Cyril White on deck.
- Newspaper clipping showing the freighter SS Empire Tide with a catapult fitted to the bow and a Hurricane fighter plane in the catapult.
-Manchester Ship Canal Company pass (no. 79905) made out to Cyril White of the MV Daghestan. Issued 7 September (?) 1941 in Ellesmere Port, Wirral.
- Entry pass (158386) issued to Cyril White, MV Daghestan, in the Port of Glasgow. Valid for a stay in port. Issued 26 August 1941.