On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) westbound in the Mediterranean.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) on passage west in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the port side of the island superstructure looking to port and slightly aft showing the 800 Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 aircraft XN971 coded 102/E sitting on the angled deck catapult ready for launching. The ship's 820 Squadron Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XS122 coded 290/E is acting as plane guard.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19360 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Eagle (1946) |
| Date made: | 11-21 May 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |