British minesweeper HMS ARDROSSAN underway, coastal waters. Pennant No J131

1944
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Evillittlekenny

HMS Ardrossan

Fisherman checks lewis gun while other crew haul in the nets. Fishing fleets were targeted by Luftwaffe and U boats both as comercial targets and potential requisitioned mine sweepers. Signal from destroyer to fishing boat decked out with signal flags " what message ?" reply "No idea, flags smelt of fish "

The price of fish has increased

COR 695926 WP. . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU 
Pvt. G. Herper of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Sgt. J. Jarvis of Paddington, England, members of the Propaganda Unit operating in Sicily, unpack the sheets that will soon be delivered to Nazi fighters.