A Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 aircraft of 809 Naval Air Squadron landing on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the central Mediterranean.

A Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 aircraft of 809 Naval Air Squadron about to catch an arrestor wire on touching down on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The photographer is looking to port and aft from the flight deck at the base of the island. Two McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom FG.1 aircraft are parked in the port aft corner of the flight deck.

Object Details

ID: PM8082/5
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