The Supermarine Scimitar F1 XD231 landing on 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 40 mm bofors sponson above the transom looking up at the underside of the Supermarine Scimitar F1 XD231 coming over the round down to land on. The aircraft has its airbrakes and hook down. It is a unit of 800 Squadron.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7695/15 |
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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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |