A framed monochrome print depicting a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber of the Fleet Air Arm in flight. The composition shows the aircraft banking over a calm sea with the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and escort vessels visible in the background. The print bears a printed signature in the lower right corner for Charles Edward Turner (1883-1965), a British maritime and aviation artist. Centred below the image is the printed caption A ‘SWORD-FISH’ above a second line reading OFF AIRCRAFT-CARRIER ‘ILLUSTRIOUS’. The print is housed in a period wooden frame with a prominent grain.
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