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Image: Hawker Hurricane launched from CAM ship c1941

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Description: A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mk IA is launched from a CAM (Catapult Armed Merchant) Ship at Greenock, Scotland (UK). The first RAF trial CAM launch was from SS Empire Rainbow at Greenock on the River Clyde on 31 May 1941, the Hurricane landed at Abbotsinch.
Title: Hawker Hurricane launched from CAM ship c1941
Credit: This photograph A 9423 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Lt. J.A. Hampton, Royal Navy official photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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