Title:SKUA DITCHING TRIALS, HMS PEGAGUS, 13 MARCH 1939 [Main Title]
Film Number:MTE 4230
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Summary: Edited footage of Blackburn B-24 Skua sea ditching trials.
Description: Filmed using two cameras, one situated on the flight deck of HMS Pegasus and the other onboard the boat sent to recover the pilot
after the trial. The aircraft is catapulted from HMS Pegasus into the sea and sinks within a minute, with the latter section of the film
showing the pilot being recovered from a small inflatable life raft.
