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 front of the island looking forward and slightly to port showing a number of aircraft parked at the forward end of the flight deck. These include McDonnell F-3B Demons, Vought F-8D Crusaders and Douglas A-4C Skyhawks. The Vought F-8D Crusader coded 207 of VF 32 squadron is being manoeuvred by a tow tractor.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7654/9A |
|---|---|
| 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 |