File:Hawker Hurricane W9182 On CAM Ship.jpg

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Summary

Description

An airman watches as Algerian dock workers roll barrels of oil along the quayside at Algiers. Behind them is Hawker Sea Hurricane Mark I, W9182, of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit mounted on the fo'c'sle catapult of a Catapult Armed Merchantman (CAM ship).

Date

circa 1942-1943

Source

This photograph CNA 423 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.

Author

F/O L.H. Baker, Royal Air Force official photographer

Licensing

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2005-09-28 14:22 Ian Dunster 400×378×8 (122053 bytes) Hawker Hurricane W9182 On CAM Ship

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:57, 23 December 2011	675 × 605 (197 KB)	Aaa3-other	made a mistake, looks better
	00:04, 17 December 2011	668 × 608 (57 KB)	Aaa3-other	losslessly cropped f original (also prevver objectionably used 2% lowered contrast) w t app named 'jpegcrop' (settings: huff opt, grayscale, prog enco)
	21:50, 24 November 2011	675 × 605 (197 KB)	Cobatfor	IWM photo
	16:13, 23 February 2007	400 × 378 (119 KB)	Warddr	{{Information \|Description=The Hawker Sea Hurricane ''W9182'' on the catapult of a CAM Ship. Imperial War Museum? - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 14:25, 28 September 2005 (UTC) from the ''Assisted Take-off'' article in the Ap