A distant view of a Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter seen from on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) in the English Channel

A distant view of a Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter of 820 Squadron in flight over the English Channel. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) which was undertaking initial operating trials with a pair of McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom jet fighter aircraft.

Object Details

ID: PM7890/7
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: 2-13 June 1969
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 121 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm