Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book snow and ice-encrusted superstructures and

snow and ice-encrusted superstructures and today the classic white berets of the surviving veterans

resource and devotion to duty during very heavy bombing’ at the port of Bone during Operation TORCH

the consequences reach far wider

and combat between surface ships

put aside your beer-lever

Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book snow and ice-encrusted superstructures andLeading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operations was that of the Arctic Convoys, escorting merchant ships taking essential war supplies to the Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel. In addition to contending with relentless U boat and Luftwaffe attacks, crews