File:Gannet AEW.3 of 849 NAS on USS Essex (CVS-9) in November 1963.jpg

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Description A Royal Navy Fairey Gannet AEW.3 from C Flight, 849 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVS-9). C Flight, 849 NAS was assigned to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09). USS Essex, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 1 October to 20 December 1963. Both carriers took part in the "Midlink VI" exercise, a naval exercise with ships from Pakistan and Iran in November 1963.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Essex (CVS-9) 1963 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current06:39, 17 June 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:39, 17 June 2017531 × 315 (82 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A Royal Navy Fairey ''Gannet'' AEW.3 from C Flight, 849 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Essex'' (CVS-9). C Flight, 849 NAS wass assigned to the aircraft car...