Splashes from bombs dropped by a Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet from 809 Naval Air Squadron astern of the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.
On board the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969) looking aft over the quarterdeck showing a large number of civil and military dignitaries watching bombs hitting the water astern of the ship. The bombs were dropped by a low flying Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet aircraft of 809 Naval Air Squadron flying from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. In the distance is the commando carrier Bulwark (1948)
Object Details
| ID: | PM8011/15A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bristol (1969); Bulwark (1948) |
| 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 |