HMS Howe transiting the Suez Canal, Egypt, 14 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 2

Caption     HMS Howe transiting the Suez Canal, Egypt, 14 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 2 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   TR 2619
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Howe   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 800 x 584 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 14 Jul 1944
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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1. peter Avery says:
14 Jul 2013 05:46:44 PM

wow my late father in law would have been on that ship when this was taken, HMS Howe was enroute to join the pacific fleet, was attacked a few times by Kamikaze planes, she was in Tokyo bay for the signing of the Japanese surrender, Kenneth william Brown was one of the first radar operators in the royal navy, after the war he became chief radar operator for Southampton docks in the uk... were proud to have his war medals :-)

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