HMS Archer underway in 1943, with Swordfish of 819 Squadron and Martlets (US Wildcats) of 892 Squadron on deck.
HMS Archer underway in 1943, with Swordfish of 819 Squadron and Martlets (US Wildcats) of 892 Squadron on deck.
HMS BITER and HMS AVENGER underway in line astern from HMS VICTORIOUS. Two Supermarine Seafires of No 884 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm can be seen at the far end of the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS.
A Fairey Swordfish of No 824 Squadron Fleet Air Arm takes off from the escort carrier HMS STRIKER during an anti-submarine sweep.
F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943
Grumman Martlet (Serial No. FN114), No. 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea.
Grumman Martlet (Serial No. FN114), No. 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea.
Yesterday's video of HMS Queen Elizabeth underway with jets on deck:
youtu.be/6tSEE3lek3E 🇬🇧
Britain's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, departs Portsmouth after a brief stop during a Carrier Strike Group deployment. As a result, a port...
youtu.beGrumman Martlet of 888 Squadron of British Fleet Air Arm taxiing on HMS Formidable after landing, circa 24 Apr-10 May 1942; HMS Warspite and AMC Alaunia in background
RAF operations on Malta, June 1943.
1) CO of 23 Squadron, W/Cdr John Selby DSO, DFC, with his Mosquito
NF Mk.II.
2) A 23 Squadron Mosquito NF Mk.II over Malta.
3) Beaufort Mark II of 39 Squadron at Luqa.
4) Beaufighter VIF of 272 Squadron at Ta Kali.
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Beaufighter Mk.VIf of the 416th Night Fighter Squadron at Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, in November 1943.
Three sailors wearing just caps and shorts carrying rocket projectiles over to a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 834 Squadron, FAA prior to it taking off on anti-submarine patrol from the escort carrier HMS BATTLER.
Apparently these are the colours of No.1850 Naval Air Squadron, as embarked in HMS Vengeance in 1945.
A-36A Mustang aircraft 'Midnite' of 525th Fighter Squadron, US 86th Fighter-Bomber Group, Catania, Sicily, Italy, fall 1943
A Fairey Albacore torpedo-bomber of No 820 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS as the ship lies at anchor in Scapa Flow.