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List of all Telegraphist Air Gun
TAG History
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TAG
1st Class
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Telegraphist Air Gunners (TAGS)
operated in FAA aircraft from 1922, under the RAF's Fleet Air Arm. The very last
TAG served as such until 1950, providing communications
by Morse code and manning the rear gun, 3,000 TAGS were trained in
the branches 28 year life span, 495 were lost through enemy action
and / or flying accidents, 69 became Prisoners of War. Most TAGS
served only for the period of WW2 returning to their civilian
occupations in 1945/1946
TAGS served on 124 Different Warships:
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12 |
Fleet Carriers |
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10 |
Light Fleet Carriers |
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33 |
Escort Carriers |
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19 |
MAC Ships |
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3 |
Small Carriers |
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11 |
Battleships / Battle Cruisers |
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36 |
Cruisers |
Casualties Excluding Non-Fighting
Accidents:
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Pre-War |
17
accidents |
0 enemy action |
Total |
17 |
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Wartime |
269
accidents |
186
enemy action |
Total |
445 |
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Post-War |
31
accidents |
2 enemy
action |
Total |
33 |
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TAG
2nd Class
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TAG
3rd Class
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TRIBUTE TO A TAG |
Claude
Sylvester Snoxell |
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CS
Snoxell started his naval career as a
boy sailor on HMS Arethusa. He joined
the Fleet Air Arm as a Wireless - Telegraphist Air Gunner and spent
the period 1923 - 1941 with Britain’s
carrier forces. Among the ships on which he served were H.M.S.
Argus , H.M.S. Courageous, H.M.S.
Illustrious and H.M.S. Furious. He saw service around the world with
the majority spent in the
Far East
and in 1941 joined the Naval Training Establishment at Worthy Down.
He retired with a rank of Chief Petty Officer and died in 1971. He
was buried at sea off
Portsmouth
in 1971 with full military honours.
This information
comes from the
FLEET
AIR ARM MEMORIES WEB SITE of Chris Young and is about the
photograph collection of the late C.S.Snoxell. |
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