An Argus aircraft mechanic describes the crew repeatedly ferrying folded aircraft from Britain to Gibraltar. The route became so regular that sailors joked the ship had worn a groove in the sea. Eagle testimony shifts the focus from operational movement to daily life: overcrowded mess decks forced men into improvised sleeping spaces and officers lived from kit bags in borrowed compartments. Accounts of rats, insects, and austere accommodation on the final voyage show how strategic carrier work rested on uncomfortable and sometimes unhealthy shipboard conditions.
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Eyewitnesses aboard Argus and Eagle describe carrier life
Personal accounts show Argus ferrying aircraft to Gibraltar and Eagle's crowded, austere conditions before Operation Pedestal.