Merchant Ship Fighter Unit

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The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit were an aircraft division based at RAF Speke during World War II.[1] The planes operated by this aircraft wing were the Hawker Sea Hurricane. These planes were operated from CAM ships. It was formed at Speke on May 5 to man the CAM ship detachments, each vessel having an RAF pilot and groundcrew.[2]

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Barker, Ralph (January 2000). The Hurricats: The Fighters That Could Not Return. Trafalgar Square. ISBN 0-7524-2005-4. 

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  2. ^ was formed at Speke on 5 May to man the CAM ship detachments, each vessel having an RAF pilot and groundcrew.

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