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Image: 830 Squadron Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious at the start of Operation Mascot

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Description: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda of 830 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm taking off from HMS FURIOUS with a 1600 lb bomb showing beneath it, to attack shipping and installations off Norway. In his book Carrier Operations in World War II (page 25) David Brown identified this photo as depicting an aircraft taking off at the start of the Operation Mascot strike against the German Battleship Tirpitz on 17 July 1944
Title: 830 Squadron Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious at the start of Operation Mascot
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//30/media-30897/large.jpg This photograph A 25420 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Mason, H A (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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