Boats - Sailing - Ships
Feb. 02, 1954 - Eagles Takes on Hawks.: H.M.S. Eagle, Britain's largest aircraft carrier, has taken on her first complete operational squadron of the Royal Navy's most modern operational fighters, no. 806 squadron of jet Hawker sea hawks. her new brood safely stowed, Eagle sailed for Gibraltar and the spring cruise of Britain's Home fleet. Photo shows Deck handlers take over a sea hawk dwarfed by H.M.S. Eagle's mighty superstructure
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13168462
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46153269
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4451px x 5579px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone Pictures USA
