Neil's Nostalgia
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• The H. Hunt Collection •
H.M.S. Glorious & H.M.S Furious |
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Flight and Carrier Operations
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| K3515/812 Fairey Seal I Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm over H.M.S. Glorious and her escort H.M.S. Searcher. Introduced in 1933, 91 were built, they left service circa 1936. |
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| Fairey Swordfish formation flight over H.M.S. Glorious. |
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| A crowded flight deck with twenty "String Bags". The Fairey Swordfish was first introduced in 1936, replacing the Blackburn B5 Baffin. |
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| Blackburn B5 Baffin in port echelon formation. 812 Squadron. Retired from service December 1936. |
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I will gradually be adding images from the collection as I digitally restore them.
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| S1581 / 574 Hawker Nimrod Mk.I on HMS Glorious. 802 Naval Air Squadron. |
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| S1634 / 578 Hawker Nimrod Mk. I into the nets on HMS Glorious. 802 Naval Air Squadron. |
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| K2824 / 561 Hawker Nimrod Mk. I being hoisted inboard HMS Glorious from HMS Searcher, 802 Naval Air Squadron, after ditching in the Mediterranean Sea on 19 September 1935. |
