Two Grumman S2-A Tracker aircraft on board 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 and to port showing two Grumman S2-A Tracker aircraft with engines running preparing for launch. The one furthest forward is on the catapult.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7809/29 |
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| 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 |