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==CAM combat launches== {{For|the combat launches from Royal Navy fighter catapult ships|Fighter catapult ship#FCS combat launches}} {| class="wikitable" ! width="100px"| Date ! width="180px"| Ship/convoy ! width="100px" | Pilot ! width="480px" | Outcome |- |1 Nov 1941 |{{SS|Empire Foam}} / [[Convoy HX 156|HX 156]] |[[Flying Officer|FO]] Varley |Focke-Wulf Fw 200 chased off; pilot recovered by {{HMS|Broke|D83|6}}<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague">Hague, p. 79</ref> |- |26 Apr 1942 |{{SS|Empire Morn}} / [[Arctic convoys of World War II|QP 12]] |FO JB Kendal |[[Blohm & Voss BV 138]] chased off and [[Junkers Ju 88]] shot down (Ju 88A-4 "4D+IT" of III./[[KG 30]]); Kendal died from injuries received while bailing out<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |26 May 1942 |{{SS|Empire Lawrence}} / [[Convoy PQ 16|PQ 16]] |[[Pilot Officer|PO]] Hay |Two [[Heinkel He 111]]s shot down; Hurricane shot down, pilot wounded and recovered by {{HMS|Volunteer|D71|6}}<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |14 Jun 1942 |{{SS|Empire Moon}} / [[Convoy HG 84|HG 84]] |PO Sanders |Focke-Wulf Fw 200 chased off; pilot recovered by {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}}<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |18 Sep 1942 |{{SS|Empire Morn}} |FO AH Burr |Two Heinkel He 111s destroyed; pilot flew to the Russian [[Keg Ostrov]] <small>([[:ru:Кегостров (остров)|ru]])</small> aerodrome<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |1 Nov 1942 |{{SS|Empire Heath}} / [[Gibraltar convoys of World War II#HG convoys|HG 91]] |FO N Taylor |Focke-Wulf Fw 200 shot down; pilot nearly drowned before recovery<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |28 Jul 1943 |{{SS|Empire Darwin}} / [[SL convoys|SL 133]] |FO JA Stewart |Focke-Wulf Fw 200 destroyed; pilot recovered by {{HMS|Leith|U36|6}}<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |28 Jul 1943 |{{MV|Empire Tide}} / [[SL convoys|SL 133]] |FO PJR Flynn |Focke-Wulf Fw 200 destroyed; pilot recovered by {{HMS|Enchantress|L56|6}}<ref name="proceedings"/><ref name="hague"/> |- |} In total, there were eight combat launches from CAM ships. Eight German aircraft were destroyed (three FW 200 Condors, four Heinkel He 111s and a Junkers Ju 88), one damaged and three chased away. Eight Hurricanes were ditched and one pilot lost. Additionally, one Condor was destroyed in August 1941 by a Hurricane launched from a Royal Navy Fighter Catapult Ship. This was flown by [[Robert W. H. Everett]].
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