RN Aircraft Carriers: Illustrious Class

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HMS Illustrious pictured under the 6 inch guns of Fiji Class Light Cruiser HMS Mauritius, Indian Ocean, July 1942.

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Carrier HMS Illustrious prepares her Swordfish prior to the Taranto Raid in 1940.

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A 'Stringbag' receives her teeth....Armourers aboard HMS Illustrious pictured loading an 18 inch MK XII torpedo to a Fairey Swordfish...Mediterranean 1940.

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HMS Victorious pictured when the RN still operated the Douglas Skyraider AEW.1, c1958.

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Illustrious Class Carrier HMS Victorious pictured off Scapa Flow on September 28th 1942.

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Illustrious Class Carrier HMS Victorious pictured entering Sydney on February 19th 1945.

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Illustrious Class Carrier HMS Formidable pictured arriving at Sydney with repatriated POWs and nurses on October 13th 1945.

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HMS Illustrious pictured entering the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Sydney in March 1945, weeks prior to it's official opening.

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Hangar Deck of HMS Victorious pictured crammed with Fairey Fulmars and Fairey Albacores in January 1942.

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Supermarine Seafires pictured on Illustrious Class Carrier HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean in December 1942.