A Sikorsky SH34-J Seabat helicopter flying past the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast
On board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) under way in the North Sea off the southern Norwegian coast during the NATO exercise Pilot Light. The photographer is in the starboard walkway abaft the island looking forward showing the island, funnel and radar mast on the left. The Sikorsky SH34-J Seabat helicopter coded 134/D is in flight off the starboard bow acting as plane guard.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7809/28 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Venerable (1943) |
| Date made: | 6 to 9 March 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |