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 folded wings of the Grumman C1-A Trader carrierborne onward delivery aircraft 136789 and a portable mirror landing system on the starboard side of the centreline in the foreground. The VAW 12 Squadron Grumman E-1B Tracer airborne early warning aircraft coded 726 is landing on.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7653/5A |
|---|---|
| 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 |