Crash landing!

These very dramatic pictures were taken by Cdr "Shorty" Hamilton RN, from the island deck of HMS VICTORIOUS in 1961.













HMS VICTORIOUS

DOH! ( 9 ) Slip sliding away

DOH! ( 8 ) We were a bit short of fuel, so...

The head office memo said to source cheaper fuel...

DOH! ( 7 ) New amphibious airliner trials fail...

SWIM FOR IT!

SHOT DOWN IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ( 4 ) Douglas Bader, R.A.F.

DOH! ( 3 ) Beechcraft 2

And you thought the worst thing that could hit you on the beach was sunburn...

DOH! ( 2 ) The New Beechcraft?

The New sea airliner trials didn't quite go as planned...

DOH! ( NUMBER 1 )

All that fancy Radar...

...and yet they didn't see that coming!

Wait for the Flash!

Just smile, plane's on auto-pilot, camera's on auto-timer, What could go wrong?