Royal Marines, wearing anti-flash helmets and gloves, loading 4.5in. guns in the “Illustrious” after-turret. Sixteen of these dual-purpose--guns form the main armament of British aircraft carriers of this type— Admiral Lyster, Britain’s 5th. Sea Lord, watching operations during a visit to the “Illustrious.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3261, 10 May 1943, Page 7
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43Royal Marines, wearing anti-flash helmets and gloves, loading 4.5in. guns in the “Illustrious” after-turret. Sixteen of these dual-purpose-- guns form the main armament of British aircraft carriers of this type— Admiral Lyster, Britain’s 5th. Sea Lord, watching operations during a visit to the “Illustrious.” Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3261, 10 May 1943, Page 7
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