World War II-era escort group in the Royal Canadian Navy
Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) referred to the organization of anti-submarine escorts for World War II trade convoys from North American port cities to the Western Ocean Meeting Point (WOMP or WESTOMP) near Newfoundland where ships of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force (MOEF) assumed responsibility for safely delivering the convoys to the British Isles.[1][2]
HMCS Sackville, preserved at Halifax Harbour, is the only survivor of the Flower-class corvettes providing the backbone of the WLEF.
^Morison (1975) p. 319
^Hague (2000) p. x
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