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 on the quarterdeck below the flight deck looking aft and up showing a Grumman S2-A Tracker aircraft coming in to land on. Its undercarriage and hook are down. In the distance is an unidentified motor trawler or whaler.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7809/33 |
|---|---|
| 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 |