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DescriptionPhotograph of British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle sinking dated 11 August 1942. Taken by the Royal Navy official photographer
it is now in the public domain. It was downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EagleSinkingA_011302.jpg. The original photograph is No. A 11302 from the Imperial War Museum collection No. 470001.

Downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U47s.jpg and believed to have returned to the public domain in

It was downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Eagle_(1918).jpg

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Part of thet the “ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION” (photographs) Made by: Hampton
J A (Lt). Catalogue number A 7584. Downloaded from http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205119465 .HMS EAGLE moored at Greenock.

The British carrier HMS Eagle is visible in the background of this photograph of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC spotted on the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV7) in 1942. Wasp loaded the Royal Air Force Spitfires on 3 May 1942 and ferried them to the Mediterranean Sea. Here they were launched on 9 May 1942 to reinforce the Britishheld Malta (Operation Bovery). A Grumman F4F4 Wildcat of fighter squadron VF71 is parked on the left (with radial engine and folded wings). Both carriers launched 64 Spitfires. The photograph is found in the U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News 1 October 1945 which can be downloaded at http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1945/1Oct45.pdf

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle at Alexandria
Egypt
31 December 1940. The Author is Parer
Damien Peter. This image is in the public domain and available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 005002/01. .It was downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Eagle_at_Alexandria_Dec_1940.jpg

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