English: The Royal Navy during the Second World War
Lieutenant P S Cole DSC, RN, back from strafing airfields in Formosa, makes a crash landing in his Chance-Vought Corsair and finishes up near the island of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS in eastern waters. He climbed out and firefighters saw that the machine did not catch fire. Here the aircraft can be seen in mid air and about to collide with the aircraft carrier's island.
Date
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Part of
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Admiralty Official Collection
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Associated people and organisations
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, ILLUSTRIOUS (HMS), aircraft carrier (1939)
Associated themes
Fleet Air Arm 1939-1945, Royal Navy 1939-1945
Associated keywords
naval aviation
Category
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photographs
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yes
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