The Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP151, coded 047/R, taking off from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the central Mediterranean.
The Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP151, coded 047/R, of the ship's flight taking off from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The helicopter is a few feet off the deck and her tail boom is out of the picture. The photographer is looking to port from the flight deck at the base of the island.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8084/12 |
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| 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 |