Operation Livery
[1] The escort carrier HMS Empress sailed on 19 July to partake in Operation Livery.Aircraft from herself and Ameer were to attack Japanese targets starting 24 July in northern Malaya and southern Thailand (specifically Phuket Island) while also covering the minesweeping operations of the 4th[2] and 7th[3] minesweeping flotillas in the Strait of Malacca.[5] At one point, a mine was spotted from Empress and taken under small arms fire until other ships could destroy it.On 26 July a kamikaze Mitsubishi Ki-51 attacked the Ameer in the Bay of Bengal, but was shot down by AA fire and crashed into the sea 500 yards from the ship.Between 24 and 27 July, Grumman F6F Hellcats flew over 150 sorties, destroying more than 30 grounded Japanese aircraft while damaging rail and road links.
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