On the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flight operations in the central Mediterranean.
On the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the base of the island showing two McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom aircraft of 892 Naval Air Squadron parked on deck. One of the ship's flight Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopters is in flight off the port quarter as the plane guard.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8082/1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ark Royal (1950) |
| Date made: | 12-16 October 1978 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |