A Blackburn Buccaneer S2 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 landing 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 and the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 aircraft XL472, coded 044/R, is parked with wings folded on the left of the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8083/8 |
|---|---|
| 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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |