The Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 aircraft XV344 of 809 Naval Air Squadron taxiing on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the central Mediterranean.

The Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 aircraft XV344, coded 027/R, of 809 Naval Air Squadron taxiing forward after landing on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The photographer is looking to port and slightly forward from the flight deck at the base of the island showing two of the flight deck crew superintending the movement of the Buccaneer.

Object Details

ID: PM8083/11
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
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