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 flight deck close to the aft end of the island looking forward showing the 849D Flight Fairey Gannet AEW.3 aircraft XL493, coded 437/E, with its wings folded being towed by a four wheeled tractor next to the island. Another Gannet, a Supermarine Scimitar F.1 of 800B Squadron and De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 aircraft of 899 Squadron are in the forward deck park. The Eagle's pendant number is R05.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19375 |
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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 |