On board a Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter lifting off the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) in Malaysian waters
On board an 847 or 848 Naval Air Squadron Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter lifting off from the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) for the assault phase of exercise Bersatu Padu on the east coast of Malaysia near Penarek. In the background is the carrier's island superstructure. The photographer is looking through the helicopter's door and one of the crew is in the foreground.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7921/33A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bulwark (1948) |
| Date made: | June 1970 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |