HMS Warrior - 1950s Flightdeck Photos [7 photos, 'bout 350kb)
"Andrew" wrote in message
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Hello all
My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
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Andrew Massey
IPMS Australia #1531
Thank you for the pictures.
Interesting to see that in picture 3 (Firefly) the props are bent back
(aircraft was travelling forwards) but in pictures 6 and 7 the props are
bent forwards (presumably the aircraft was travelling backwards).
I assume that in the case of pictures 6 and 7 (Sea Fury) the aircraft spun
around on landing and lost part of the undercarriage letting the prop blades
touch deck as it came to a halt backwards, though I could be wrong.
--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)
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