Fairey Albacore, part four

By mid-1942 there were up to 15 squadrons operating the Albacore, from the Arctic Circle protecting Soviet convoys to the Mediterranean, Western Desert and Indian Ocean.
The Albacores were also present at the Battle of El Alamein, as well as Sicily and Salerno landings. During the period ranging from September 1941 until June 1943 No.828 Naval Air Squadron, based in RAF Hal Far, Malta, had to operate a squadron of Albacores under severe blitz conditions due to the siege of Malta, mainly against Axis and Italian shipping and shore targets in Sicily.
On 9th March 1942 twelve Albacores from HMS Victorious (R38) were launched to attack the German Battleship Tirpitz at sea near Narvik, Norway. According to the information from one of six radar-equipped aircraft already airborne, Albacores from 817 and 832 Squadrons launched torpedoes and some even fired their machine guns. Apparently, one of the attacks came just 30 ft (9,1 m) of success at the bow, but the Fleet Air Arm's (FAA) attack on the Tirpitz failed with two aircraft lost and many others damaged.
By mid-1942 around 15 Squadrons were equipped with the Albacore and, in November 1942 the ones belonging to Nos. 817, 820, 822 and 832 Squadrons were deployed in combat to support the Allied landings in North-Western Africa, the so-called Operation Torch. They were employed in anti-submarine patrols and ground-support by bombing enemy coastal positions.
The year 1942 marked the zenith of the Albacore and, by 1943 it was progressively replaced by the Fairey Barracuda or the Grumman Avenger in the FAA. The last Albacore squadron, No. 841, which had been used for shore-based attacks against shipping in the Channel, for the whole of its career with the Albacore, was disbanded in late 1943.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) also employed Albacores. No.36 Squadron based at Singapore acquired five of them to supplement their obsolete Vickers Vildebeest at RAF Seletar in December 1941. The remnants of the squadron were captured by the Japanese in March 1942 when Singapore fell. In November 1943 No.415 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was equipped with Albacores coming from both No. 820 and 841 Squadrons FAA for use in the English Channel during Operation Overlord, being this way the last biplane in service with the RCAF. The Squadron was later reformed and transformed into No.119 Squadron RAF and, in July 1944 it was transferred to Belgium where their Albacores were replaced with the radar-equipped Swordfish Mk.III in early 1945, due to spare shortages.
The very last unit to used the Albacore was the Aden communications flight which used 17 Albacores between mid-1944 and 1946. Some of them were delivered from FAA stock in the SS Empire Arun in December 1945.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Albacore
2. http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Fairey%20Albacore.htm
3. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1390
4. https://www.valka.cz/Fairey-Albacore-Mk-I-t1348
5. Hall Park Books - Warpaint 52 - Fairey Albacore