A United States Navy Douglas Skyhawk A-4B on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) which is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) under way at speed in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The photographer is on starboard side of the flight deck amidships looking to port showing the United States Navy Douglas Skyhawk A-4B serial 9526, code 608 from the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise (1960) taxying forward after landing on. A Royal Navy type 12 frigate is in the background acting as plane guard.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7598/17A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Centaur (1947) |
| Date made: | 10-15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |