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RAF cadets operate a training torpedo from HMS Fairey Albacore at Riddle Airfield.
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Seafire, F4U Corsair and Barracudas at HMS Fledgling.
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Supermarine Walrus MkI 710 Sqn, Embarked on HMS Albatross, 1942
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Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk Ib, embarked on HMS Indomitable, 1942
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British Grumman Tarpon torpedo bombers (US-built) fly to attack targets in the Sakishima Islands to support the American landings on Okinawa. The aircraft fly over the battleship HMS King George V (41) and other ships of the British Pacific Fleet. March-April 1945
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A British Grumman Tarpon torpedo bomber (US-built) of 857 Naval Air Squadron flies over the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable (92) of the British Pacific Fleet. The photo was taken as the aircraft returned from a sortie to attack targets on the Sakishima Islands.25.05.1945
British aircraft supported the American landings on Okinawa
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Six American-built Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers of the British Pacific Fleet fly over British ships en route to attack targets in Japan. 1945
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Six British Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers of American manufacture on a training flight off the coast of Scotland. The flight took off from the British naval base Sparrowhawk (RNAS Hatston).
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Six British Grumman Tarpon torpedo bombers of American manufacture on a training sortie off the coast of Scotland from the British naval base Sparrowhawk (RNAS Hatston).
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Eight British Grumman Tarpon torpedo bombers of American manufacture on a training sortie off the coast of Scotland from the British naval base Sparrowhawk (RNAS Hatston).
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Five British Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers of American manufacture on a training sortie off the coast of Scotland from the British naval base Sparrowhawk (RNAS Hatston). Tarpons as they were known in the Fleet Air Arm.
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