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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | AD22365 |
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| 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 |