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Merchant ship fighter unit. He made three crossings on the CAM ship. In early 1941 Kendal volunteered for service with the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU flying Hurricats ex- RAF Hawker Hurricane fighters used for convey protection. On the 5th May 1941 a RAF unit was formed at Speke Airport Liverpool to implement the policy of providing merchant shipborne fighter aircraft for the protection of shipping against air attack.

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit. The MAC ship followed the CAM ship Merchant Aircraft carrier. The role of the MSFU was to provide pilots crews support personnel and aircraft to operate from 35 merchant ships.

AHB Reference and Fighter Command Reference. Thirtyfive Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen CAMs were taken in hand and the catapults installed. Photos of World War II.

The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke during World War II. The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was formed on 5 May 1941 at Speke Airport Liverpool to man the CAM-ship detachments each vessel having an RAF-pilot and service crew with a Royal Navy direction officer. The RAF formed the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU on 5 May 1941 in RAF Speke by the River Mersey in Liverpool.

The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSFU was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke during World War II. These planes were operated from 35 merchant ships outfitted with a catapult on the bow referred to as Catapult Aircraft Merchant. Each girder was strengthened by wrought iron bars along the length.

Later that month on 31 May the first sea trials of the Hurricats were conducted from the first CAM-ship SS Empire Rainbow. The role of the MSFU was to provide pilots crews support personnel and aircraft to operate from 35 merchant. Which carried 4 Swordfish aircraft but fitted to various merchant ship types.