The McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom FG.1 aircraft XV589 of 892 Naval Air Squadron on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the central Mediterranean.

The McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom FG.1 aircraft, serial XV589, coded 005/R, of 892 Naval Air Squadron taxiing forward on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The aircraft has just landed. The photographer is looking to port and slightly forward from the flight deck at the base of the island. Two flight deck crew are superintending the movement of the aircraft and the tail of the aircraft is out of the picture.

Object Details

ID: PM8083/7
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Ark Royal (1950)
Date made: 12-16 October 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm
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