On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) in the Mediterranean
On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while under way in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the port side of the island looking to port, down and aft showing the Grumman C1-A Trader carrierborne onward delivery aircraft 136789 with wings folded and a portable mirror landing system to starboard of the centreline in the foreground. The VA 35 Squadron Douglas A-1H Skyraider coded 405 or 406 is landing on.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7653/2A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Saratoga (1955) |
| Date made: | April - October 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |