HMS Formidable by Ivan Berryman [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]   

Aircraft Depicted: Hawker Typhoon [other products featuring this aircraft]

With HMS Warspite keeping a watchful eye off her port bow, the Illustrious class carrier HMS Formidable prepares to recover a Fairey Albacore TB MK1 of No. 826 sqn. following a vital sortie against Italian shipping at the start of the Battle of Cape Matapan in march 1941. Led by Lt Cdr W G H Saunt DSC, Formidables Albacores launched torpedo attacks on the battleship Vittorio Veneto, seriously damaging her, despite coming under intense anti aircraft fire and a splash barrage of 15-inch shells.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)