The catapult was usual fitted on the forecastle head.

Merchant ship fighter unit. AHB Reference and Fighter Command Reference. Hurricane Z4935 being readied for a practice launch at RAF Speke near Liverpool England where MSFU pilots were trained. Fighter Unit aboard Catapult Aircraft Merchant CAM Ship Empire Tide late 1941.

The National Archives Kew. Link to full-size photo. In order to service these arrangements the RAF formed the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit at Speke near Liverpool.

This was a very unique unit of the RAF whose history has been well documented by Ralph Barkers book The Hurricanes and Kenneth Poolmans The Catafighters and Merchant Aircraft Carriers. This was the Merchant Service Fighter Unit. Which carried 4 Swordfish aircraft but fitted to various merchant ship types.

The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke in south Liverpool now Liverpool John Lennon Airport during World War II. The role of the MSFU was to provide pilots crews support personnel and aircraft to operate from 35 merchant ships. The aircraft operated by the MSFU were Hawker Sea Hurricanes.

The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke in south Liverpool now Liverpool John Lennon Airport during World War II. So aircraft were available and a Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was established at Speke near Liverpool. The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke during World War II.

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit stationed at Speke which is today the official airport for Liverpool. From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. The role of the MSFU was to provide pilots crews support personnel and aircraft to operate from 35 merchant.