Title:FIRST DELIVERY OF AEW SKYRAIDERS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY UNDER THE MUTUAL DEFENCE AID PROGRAM [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1371
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: AEW (Airborne Early Warning) Douglas Skyraider aircraft arrive in Scotland by ship.
Description: Skyraider AEW.1, WT 945, is lifted off the deck of the SS American Clipper and set down on the quayside of the King George V Dock in Glasgow. Three other Skyraiders (WT 944 and 946-947) have already been unloaded. A short speech is given by Rear-Admiral Boone USN, Deputy C-in-C Eastern Atlantic, and Rear-Admiral Couchman RN, Flag Officer Flying Training, replies. It is now raining quite hard, and a man adds a cockpit shroud to the engine cover already on one of the aircraft.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
