The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle and a Fairey Flycatcher aircraft Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas 152

the West Midlands �80

by Everard Home

View of the old lime works

Behind the two politicians are the Indian Tiger and the British Lion

The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle and a Fairey Flycatcher aircraft Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Original is oil on canvasThe aircraft carrier HMS 'Eagle' and a Fairey Flycatcher aircraft, 1937. The Fairey Flycatcher was a carrier borne fighter plane in service with the Royal Navy between 1923 and 1934. Launched in 1924, HMS 'Eagle' was sunk by German submarine U 73 in August 1942 while engaged in Operation Pedestal, the convoy taking vital supplies to Malta. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937.