J'y étais allé avant de demander.
Pour l'USN :
et aucune source indiquéeBesides the traditional surface role (torpedoing surface ships), Avengers claimed about 30 submarine kills, including the cargo submarine I-52. They were one of the most effective sub-killers in the Pacific theater, as well as in the Atlantic, when escort carriers were finally available to escort Allied convoys. There, the Avengers contributed to the warding off of German U-boats while providing air cover for the convoys.
Pour la RN (si je zappe le non-opérationnel sur le nom, les tests, les versions) :
Que des anecdotes piochées ici ou là dans des sources centrées sur autre chose. On est loin d'une vue d'ensemble de leur histoire ops en Europe (y compris Atlantique et Méditerranée à mon sens), ni même d'avoir une piste à aller creuser.An interesting kill by a Royal Navy Avenger was the destruction of a V-1 flying bomb on 9 July 1944. The much faster V-1 was overtaking the Avenger when the Telegraphist Air Gunner in the dorsal turret, Leading Airman Fred Shirmer, fired at it from 700 yards (640 m). For this achievement, Shirmer was Mentioned in Dispatches, later being awarded the DSM for the 1945 Operation Meridian action at Palembang.[18] In the January 1945 British carrier raid on the Soengei Gerong oil refinery during Operation Meridian, a Fleet Air Arm Avenger shot down a Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" in low level combat over the jungle.[19] Three Avengers were modified to carry the Highball "bouncing bomb" (given the new codename Tammany Hall), but when trials were unsuccessful, they were returned to standard configuration and passed to the Royal Navy.[20]
Bon par contre je n'avais pas pensé à éplucher la biblio indicative en fin d'article, des fois que...
