IWM A 32259

HMS OCEAN TAKES PART IN LARGE RAID ON PYONGYANG. 11 JULY 1952, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF, AND ON BOARD THE LIGHT FLEET CARRIER HMS OCEAN, AS SHE TOOK PART IN OPERATION PRESSURE PUMP, TARGETING THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF PYONGYANG. REAR ADMIRAL SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, FLAG OFFICER 2ND IN COMMAND FAR EAST STATION, AND TWO AMERICAN FLAG OFFICERS, ADMIRAL J J CLARKE, COMMANDER US 7TH FLEET, AND REAR ADMIRAL GINGRICH, WATCHED THE RETURN OF THE SECOND STRIKE AIRCRAFT TO HMS OCEAN FROM THE BRIDGE. (A 32259) HMS OCEAN at speed about to catapult her aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205016296

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