Surviving the Arctic Convoys: The Wartime Memoirs of Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell

by John McKay and John R. McKay

Leading 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399013033
• ISBN13: 9781399013031
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"