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 and forward showing the United States Navy Douglas Skyhawk A-4B serial 9526, code 608 of squadron VA-76 from the United States aircraft carrier Enterprise (1960) taxying forward after landing on. Note the mirror landing aid on the port deck edge.

Object Details

ID: PM7598/18A
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