A United States Navy Douglas Skyraider 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 Skyraider, code 509 of squadron VA-85 from the United States aircraft carrier Forrestal (1954) taxying forward and beginning to fold its wings.

Object Details

ID: PM7598/20A
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