File:Hellcat landing on HMS Ravager (D70) c1945.jpg

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Description A Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat hauled to a halt by an arrestor wire on board the escort carrier HMS Ravager (D70). It has been pulled taught by the aircraft's arrestor hook. HMS Ravager initially served as a convoy escort in the Atlantic theatre. Later in the war she was used mainly as a deck-landing training carrier.
Date circa 1945
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This photograph [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186891 A21293] comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Navy official photographer

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