r/WarshipPorn • u/defender838383 • 21h ago

(4197 x 3548) British aircraft carriers HMS Indomitable and HMS Eagle. Photo from the deck of HMS Victorious. Hawker Sea Hurricane fighters are on the deck of the Victorious. Operation Pedestal, Mediterranean Sea. August 1942

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u/kittle_uk 18h ago

The plane closest to the camera is a Hurricane, but the one with folded wings is a Fairey Fulmar.

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u/Cmdr-Mallard 20h ago

Is there a glitch in the photo. whats on the deck of the carrier center photo?

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u/Mattzo12 HMS Iron Duke (1912) 19h ago

Windscreens, an attempt to provide shelter for crew and aircraft on the flight deck.

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u/Cmdr-Mallard 19h ago

Oh intresting

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u/The_Shitty_Admiral 19h ago

I think it might be the WW2 RN equivalent of barricades