NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands

A general view of an unidentified loch in the Shetland Islands being used for amphibious landings by a task force of nine United States warships during the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. The photographer is on shore at the head of the loch looking towards the mouth of the loch showing a Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA.9 fighter/bomber aircraft flying low and trailing smoke from the starboard wing pylon pod.

Object Details

ID: PM8091/33
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: September 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm