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Donald Macintyre joined the British Royal Navy in the 1920s, and, having qualified as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, flew fighter aircraft from the carriers HMS Hermes on the China station and HMS Courageous in home waters. After a serious illness he was passed fully fit for sea service again and obtained command of HMS Kingfisher, a new type of anti-submarine ship, when he first acquired his overriding interest in submarine hunting. Between 1940 and 1944 when he was transferred to a shore posting, he was among the most successful submarine hunters in any Allied navy, transforming the Battle of the Atlantic by his successes against the U-boat menace. After the war ended he wrote numerous books, among them U-Boat Killer, The Battle of the Atlantic, and The Naval War Against Hitler. |