The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a formal group in front of one of their Fairey Swordfish I torpedo bomber reconnaissance biplane aircraft on Seletar airfield, Singapor

The officers and men of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in a formal group in front of one of their Fairey Swordfish I torpedo bomber reconnaissance biplane aircraft on Seletar airfield, Singapore. There are 62 officers and men and they are in their No. 1 uniforms but excluding head dress. 824 Squadron disembarked to Seletar from the aircraft carrier Eagle (1918) on four occasions in 1938; 14 to 31 January, 5 to 26 February, 9 to 16 March and 17 to 27 September.

Object Details

ID: P34282
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Date made: January to September 1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection
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