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 forward and to port showing an 899 Squadron De Havilland FAW.2 Sea Vixen aircraft on the port forward catapult prior to launching. Parked next to the island in the foreground are two more Sea Vixen FAW.2 aircraft, one of which is XS577.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19362 |
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| 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 |