Full title reads: "Portsmouth. Naval Pilot Killed".
Solent, Hampshire.
GV Elevated shot of Royal Navy ratings and officers formed up on deck of aircraft carrier HMS Victorious. SV Officers looking out to sea, waiting for the first of the Scimitars fighter bombers to arrive. GV Flight...
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This tragic incident occurred on 25 September 1958.
The pilot was Commander John Desmond Russell.
Thanks for providing his full name for us.
An enquiry was held into why the arrestor gear failed? What about why he could not open the cockpit and escape? Surely it didn't require someone outside the plane to open the cockpit?