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Image: Swordfish landing on HMS Tracker WWII IWM A 19718

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Description: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A batman uses signal bats to guide the landing of a rocket-firing Fairey Swordfish of No 816 Squadron Fleet Air Arm on board HMS TRACKER in the North Atlantic. Note the rocket projectiles under the wings.
Title: Swordfish landing on HMS Tracker WWII IWM A 19718
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//30/media-30307/large.jpg This photograph A 19718 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Oulds, D C (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
Attribution Required?: No

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