HMS Warrior - 1950s Flightdeck Photos [7 photos, 'bout 350kb)

I see the Sea Furies in the photos are showing the "J" code on the fin,
supposedly operating from HMS Warrior during the Korean War. However an
article in the current Aeroplane magazine about the Westland Wyvern shows a
number of these aeroplanes also displaying the "J" code, but operating from
HMS Eagle during Operation Musketeer(Suez) in 1956.

Does anyone have any more info on what the "J" code actually signifies?

"Andrew B" wrote in message
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"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.

--
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.)