The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 XL451 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 Fairey Gannet AEW.3 XL451 as it crosses the round down to land on. The aircraft has its wheels, flaps and hook down. It is a unit of 849C Flight.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7696/17 |
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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 189 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm |