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Description A Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Grumman Martlet IV of 888 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, approaching the aircraft carier HMS Formidable (67) while circling to land during operations round Madagascar. The force left Colombo on 24 April and put into the Seychelles on 1 May. The Fleet Air Arm carried out extensive searches and patrols over a wide area during the operation. The covering force then put into Mombasa on 10 May after the operation was concluded. HMS Warspite is in the background.
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This photograph [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205119521 A9713] comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Lt. D.C. Oulds, Royal Navy official photographer

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current23:41, 3 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 23:41, 3 December 2011535 × 373 (102 KB)Cobatforsimilar photo to avoid duplication of File:A Grumman Martlet flying over HMS Warspite at Madagascar.jpg
17:03, 28 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:03, 28 November 2011586 × 440 (104 KB)CobatforIWM photo
10:18, 28 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 10:18, 28 July 2010425 × 275 (67 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Grumman ''Martlet'' IV approaching the aircraft carier HMS ''Formidable'' (67) in September 1943. HMS ''Warspite'' is in the background. The ships were covering the landings at S

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