On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast
On the flight deck 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 side of the flight deck just ahead of the island looking forward and to port showing the Sikorsky SH34-J Seabat helicopter coded 137/D tied down with her rotors and her tail boom folded back. She is parked just ahead of the forward lift.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7815/24 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Venerable (1943) |
| Date made: | 10 March 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |