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File:Avenger being armed on HMS Illustrious (87) 1944.jpg

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|Description=Bombing up a Royal Navy Grumman ''Avenger'' Mk.II aircraft of 832 or 845 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Illustrious'' (87) sailing in the Indian Ocean in readiness for the raid on Soerabaya, Java, in May 1944. The air strike against the Japanese held naval base was carried out by British, American, Australian, French and Dutch units. Several of the armourers are stood inside the aircraft's open bomb bay.

|Description=Bombing up a Royal Navy Grumman ''Avenger'' Mk.II aircraft of 832 or 845 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Illustrious'' (87) sailing in the Indian Ocean in readiness for the raid on Soerabaya, Java, in May 1944. The air strike against the Japanese held naval base was carried out by British, American, Australian, French and Dutch units. Several of the armourers are stood inside the aircraft's open bomb bay.
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|Source={{IWM Collections|A 24250|oid=205187150}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|A 24250|oid=205187150|nocat=1}}

|Date=1944-05-17

|Date=1944-05-17

|Author=Lt. C. Trusler, Royal Navy official photographer

|Author=Lt. C. Trusler, Royal Navy official photographer
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[[Category:World War II in May 1944]]

[[Category:World War II in May 1944]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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[[Category:Collections of the Imperial War Museum]]

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