A water fountain from a bomb dropped by a Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet from 809 Naval Air Squadron off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

A water fountain from a bomb explosion on the horizon during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. The bomb was dropped by a Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet of 809 Naval Air Squadron flying from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950). The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).

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ID:	PM8011/14A
Type:	Roll film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made:	24 July 1973
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements:	Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm

A water fountain from a bomb dropped by a Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet from 809 Naval Air Squadron off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

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