Flight deck HMAS SYDNEY with a damaged Fairey Firefly
This photograph depicts a view of a ship taken from the deck and looking towards the stern. Men are working and congregating around a plane which has one wheel hanging over the deck. A crane is positioned above the plane and in the background is HMAS TOBRUK. On the verso of the image, handwritten across the top is text reading: "Flight deck on HMAS Aircraft carrier SYDNEY during manouvres off Tasmanian coast. March 1951".
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Henry Gawthorpe
Object no. 00018030
ANMM Collection Gift from Henry Gawthorpe
Similar incident recorded in this image from the AWM: cas.awm.gov.au/item/P05890.012
Flight deck HMAS SYDNEY with a damaged Fairey Firefly
This photograph depicts a view of a ship taken from the deck and looking towards the stern. Men are working and congregating around a plane which has one wheel hanging over the deck. A crane is positioned above the plane and in the background is HMAS TOBRUK. On the verso of the image, handwritten across the top is text reading: "Flight deck on HMAS Aircraft carrier SYDNEY during manouvres off Tasmanian coast. March 1951".
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Henry Gawthorpe
Object no. 00018030
ANMM Collection Gift from Henry Gawthorpe
Similar incident recorded in this image from the AWM: cas.awm.gov.au/item/P05890.012