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 and slightly forward showing the United States Navy Douglas Skyraider, code 509 of squadron VA-85 from the United States aircraft carrier Forrestal (1954) taxying forward with wings folded. Note the mirror landing aid on the port deck edge.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7599/21A |
|---|---|
| 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 |