The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 aircraft XL476 approaching the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during CENTO exercise Midlink VI. The photographer is on the aft 40mm bofors sponson above the transom looking up at the underside of the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 aircraft XL476 flying over the round down when coming in for a landing with flaps and hook down. The Gannet is a unit of 849C Flight.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7693/3 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ark Royal (1950) |
| Date made: | 14-23 November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 112 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm |