A McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom aircraft firing missiles above 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 up and to port from near the Sea Dart launcher showing a number of civil and military dignitaries watching a McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom aircraft above the ship firing air-to-air missiles during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. The aircraft is from 892 Naval Air Squadron flying from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950).
Object Details
| ID: | PM8012/21A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bristol (1969) |
| Date made: | 24 July 1973 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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