25 Sep 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
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Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Fri, 2012-06-08 14:57
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Tue, 25 Sep 1945
Got sunburnt on Flight Deck, when we had a display of AA fire, straight, orange flashes streaking into a puff put in the sky by one of the 5 inch guns.
Paravanes (one on each side of the ship) were let down, like great blue fish.
Intriguing little transports 'Clarkat' moving about the ship. Moving decks which go up from hangar to flight deck. Enormous steps we have to climb over every secton of 'downstairs'. Bathroom queue reminiscent of Stanley.
We are supposed to sight Singapore tomorrow.
In evening our ship picked up an SOS and answered it, thought they had it, turned on the searchlights and discovered it was a junk - and not the ship that was in trouble.
