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Five British Fairey Barracuda dive-bombers on a training mission over southern England. Aircraft from RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

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Six British Fairey Barracuda dive-torpedo bombers on a training mission over southern England. Aircraft from RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

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Six British Fairey Barracuda dive-torpedo bombers on a training mission over southern England. Aircraft from RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

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Six British Fairey Barracuda dive-torpedo bombers on a training mission over southern England. Aircraft from RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

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Six British Fairey Barracuda dive-torpedo bombers on a training mission over southern England. Aircraft from RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

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This damaged Seafire is being dumped overboard after a bad landing, as there was no point in storing it.

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A Grumman Hellcat (Mark 1) of 800 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm crashed nose down on the deck of HMS Ravanger with a broken tail unit.

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Sea Hurricanes flying exercises on HMS Victorious 25-27 June 1942.

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Sea Hurricanes of 885 Squadron FAA with engines running, on the deck of HMS Victorious.

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Avengers of 846 Squadron, December 1943.

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17 July 1944. Operation Mascot. Royal Navy carriers HMS Formidable, HMS Furious, and HMS Indefatigable launched 44 Fairey Barracudas escorted by 48 Corsairs against the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway. An effective smoke screen allows them only one near-miss.

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Hawker Sea Hurricane at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton (original colour photo)

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Fairey Swordfish floatplane, with HMW Hood and HMS Glowworm in Gibraltar, 1938.

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Seafires on the deck of the aircraft carrier “Indomitable” in the Mediterranean, 1942.

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HMS Indomitable with some of its Supermarine Seafires (c.1940)

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HMS Khedive enters the Grand Harbour of Valletta in Malta with Supermarine Seafire L.III’s on deck (1944)

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