Early morning take-off from HMS Pursuer (1942)

A view of a US-supplied Grumman Martlet fighter taking off from the escort carrier HMS Pursuer (1942). This photograph was taken in April 1944 when the ship provided cover for Operation Tungsten, the massed carrier strike on the German battleship Tirpitz at her Norwegian base at Altenfjord. This photograph was taken from the starboard walkway at the edge of the flight deck, looking forward towards the island superstructure.

Object Details

ID: AD22365
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: PURSUER (ex-MORMACLAND)
Date made: April 1944
Exhibition: Arctic Convoys
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 58 mm x 86 mm
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