U - Boat Killers Arrive Home Above are officers of H.M.S. Biter (D97), recently home after successful activities against the U-boat. L - r : Commander J.A. Agnew, R.N., and Captain E.M.C. Abel-Smith, R.N., are seen talking to Sub-Lieutenant G.V. McMorran, R.N.V.R., observer and Acting Lieutenant Commander H.S. Hayes, D.S.C. R.N., Air Staff Officer View from Swordfish of H.M.S. Biter's flight deck The Tatler & Bystander 30th June 1943
Sub-Lieutenant (Observer) Gordon Vernon McMORRAN R.N.V.R. 811 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm 22nd January 1923 Newton Abbott, Devon - September 1998 Ipswich, Suffolk aged 76 H.M.S. Biter (D97) was part of the Escort Support Group 5 protecting the Convoy SC 129. On the 15th May 1943 the Swordfish in which Sub-Lt (Obs) McMorran was flying detected a U-boat on the surface and attacked with two bombs, McMorran was wounded by return fire from the U-boat. Torquay Times 2nd July 1943
