Supemarine Attacker F.1 ‘WA473 / J-102’ by Alan Wilson
Via Flickr:
c/n unknown
Built 1951
Initially served with 800NAS at RNAS Ford when it was coded ‘J-102’, the markings she now wears.
Later served with 702NAS and 736NAS before being withdrawn from use in August 1954. Placed on display on a pole at RNAS Abbotsinch in January 1957. Removed from pole in August 1963 and moved by road to Yeovilton for the FAA Museum collection.
Seen on display in Hall 3 as part of the ‘Carrier’ exhibiton.
Fleet Air Arm Museum
RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, UK.
30th June 2019
(Source: https://airmanisr.tumblr.com/)
The Supermarine Attacker is a British single-seat naval jet
fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer Supermarine for
the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
Arming a Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter on board HMS Indomitable. Operation Pedestal, 12th AUGUST 1942
Arming a Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter on board HMS Indomitable. Operation Pedestal, 12th AUGUST 1942
Vickers Vireo was an experimental low wing
all-metal monoplane built to explore both all-metal service aircraft and
the use of catapult launch.
Blackburn Roc
Blackburn Skua
Hawker Osprey Mark I, S1681, piloted by Flying
Officer Berkeley with the aviation photographer Charles E Brown as
passenger, flying over HMS EAGLE.