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Surviving the Arctic Convoys: The Wartime Memoir of Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell

John R. McKay

Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during World War II. He was present at the 1942 landings in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D-Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operation was the Arctic Convoys, when he was

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