Image:Melbourne Midway.jpg

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Details:' ID: DNSN8402496 Service Depicted: Navy Aerial bow view of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE (foreground) and the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) underway. Date Shot: 16 May 1981 National Archive# NN33300514 30 Jun 2005


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This picture could not possibly have been take in 1961 , as the catapult extension was not done until 1970s . Also it shows Tracker aircraft on the flight deck and these were not onboard until 1969 for operational duties .

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current08:39, 29 August 2006384×480 (44 KB)Nick Dowling (Talk | contribs) ('''Sourced from:''' http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil ''Details:''' ID: DNSN8402496 Service Depicted: Navy Aerial bow view of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE (foreground) and the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) underway. Date Shot: 16 May)