HMS Warrior - 1950s Flightdeck Photos [7 photos, 'bout 350kb)

[Andrew[_5_]]

Hello all

My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che thinks
(but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS Warrior
during the Korean War evacuation.

All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.

--
Andrew Massey
IPMS Australia #1531

[Syke[_2_]]

"Andrew" > wrote in message
u...
| Hello all
|
| My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
thinks
| (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS Warrior
| during the Korean War evacuation.
|
| All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
|
| --
| Andrew Massey
| IPMS Australia #1531
|
|

Very interesting shots. That Firefly in Shot No. 3 - I don't remember ever
seeing an upper-wing roundel that far inboard, does anyone else? It just
goes to show...

Regards

Pat Macguire
|
|

[Jon Woellhaf]

Wow! I didn't know they had Q-Tip props in the early 50's. <g>

Thanks for the photos!

"Andrew" > wrote in message
u...
> Hello all
>
> My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
> thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
> Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
>
> All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
>
> --
> Andrew Massey
> IPMS Australia #1531
>
>
>
>

[Andrew B]

"Andrew" > wrote in message
u...
> Hello all
>
> My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
> thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
> Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
>
> All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
>
> --
> Andrew Massey
> IPMS Australia #1531
>

Thank you for the pictures.

Interesting to see that in picture 3 (Firefly) the props are bent back
(aircraft was travelling forwards) but in pictures 6 and 7 the props are
bent forwards (presumably the aircraft was travelling backwards).

I assume that in the case of pictures 6 and 7 (Sea Fury) the aircraft spun
around on landing and lost part of the undercarriage letting the prop blades
touch deck as it came to a halt backwards, though I could be wrong.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)

[Graham Sheldon]

I see the Sea Furies in the photos are showing the "J" code on the fin,
supposedly operating from HMS Warrior during the Korean War. However an
article in the current Aeroplane magazine about the Westland Wyvern shows a
number of these aeroplanes also displaying the "J" code, but operating from
HMS Eagle during Operation Musketeer(Suez) in 1956.

Does anyone have any more info on what the "J" code actually signifies?

"Andrew B" > wrote in message
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>
> "Andrew" > wrote in message
> u...
>> Hello all
>>
>> My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
>> thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
>> Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
>>
>> All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Massey
>> IPMS Australia #1531
>>
>
> Thank you for the pictures.
>
> Interesting to see that in picture 3 (Firefly) the props are bent back
> (aircraft was travelling forwards) but in pictures 6 and 7 the props are
> bent forwards (presumably the aircraft was travelling backwards).
>
> I assume that in the case of pictures 6 and 7 (Sea Fury) the aircraft spun
> around on landing and lost part of the undercarriage letting the prop
> blades touch deck as it came to a halt backwards, though I could be wrong.
>
> --
> Andrew B (Cheshire, England)
>
> "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
> (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)
>
>
>
>

[PVK]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Hawker Sea Hawk saw service
in the Korean War. It first flew in 1951, and entered service two years
later.

Regards
Paul


"Andrew" > wrote in message
u...
> Hello all
>
> My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
> thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
> Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
>
> All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
>
> --
> Andrew Massey
> IPMS Australia #1531
>
>
>
>

[bill newton]

hi Andrew thanks for posting these intresting pics; ive found a photo of
Warrior in a book Fleet air arm in camera 1912 to 1996 which shows her in
Hong Kong 1954 with sea furies on deck coded J of 811 sqdn also fireflys of
825. The same book has pics of sea hawks on eagle coded J of 897 sqdn 1956
and all pics of aircraft coded J are for eagle it may be that 811 sqdn were
on temp posting to warrior

regards bill

[Andrew[_5_]]

G'day Paul
I don't know when the Sea Hawk became operational. With the photos Dad
joined the RM in 1949 and served as a wireless operator; he was on surface
ships from 1949 to 1953/4 and then moved to submarines, leaving the RN in
1962. Mum's memory is OK for a 76 year old but Dad seldom talked about his
surface ship days, he was more effusive about the subs.

Ciao

Andrew

--
Andrew Massey
IPMS Australia #1531
"PVK" > wrote in message
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Hawker Sea Hawk saw service
> in the Korean War. It first flew in 1951, and entered service two years
> later.
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
>
> "Andrew" > wrote in message
> u...
>> Hello all
>>
>> My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che
>> thinks (but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS
>> Warrior during the Korean War evacuation.
>>
>> All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Massey
>> IPMS Australia #1531
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

[®i©ardo]

Andrew wrote:
> G'day Paul
> I don't know when the Sea Hawk became operational. With the photos Dad
> joined the RM in 1949 and served as a wireless operator; he was on surface
> ships from 1949 to 1953/4 and then moved to submarines, leaving the RN in
> 1962. Mum's memory is OK for a 76 year old but Dad seldom talked about his
> surface ship days, he was more effusive about the subs.
>
> Ciao
>
> Andrew
>

The Sea Hawk entered service in 1953.

--
Moving things in still pictures!

[Joseph Testagrose]

A single attachment with each post instead of several in one
attachment would be preferred. Joe.
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:55:04 +1000, "Andrew"
> wrote:

>Hello all
>
>My mother just gave these to me from my late father's collection. Che thinks
>(but is not 100% sure) that they were taken on the carrier HMS Warrior
>during the Korean War evacuation.
>
>All comments welcomed. Hope you enjoy.

[Andrew[_5_]]

>"Joseph Testagrose" > wrote in message
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>A single attachment with each post instead of several in one
> attachment would be preferred. Joe.

...!..

[Andrew B]

"DAN" > wrote in message
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> Andrew B wrote:
>
>>Interesting to see that in picture 3 (Firefly) the props are bent back
>>(aircraft was travelling forwards) but in pictures 6 and 7 the props are
>>bent forwards (presumably the aircraft was travelling backwards).
>
> Nope. The props are bent forwards or backwards depending on whether engine
> power
> was on at the time of impact. Power on -> forwards.

Sorry for the delay in replying but I nearly missed your post completely in
the midst of J3's posts.(unfortunately I have had to killfile him
temporarily - not something I like doing but there are just too many posts
for me to bother with).

Thank you for the information, though I think it might take me a while to
get my head fully around the reason behind it.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)