Also in the picture are three Fairey Gannet AS.4 of 815 NAS.
The Hawks 'nose art' suggests a mixture of the FB.3 of 802 NAS (foreground pair), then the FGA.6 of 804 NAS followed by the FGA.6 of 898 NAS.
HMS Ark Royal also carried the FGA.6 of 800 NAS, but I think that deployment predates this photograph by a couple of years. 800 NAS carried a (larger) O on the tail which would have been white on a red background.
The Hawks 'nose art' suggests a mixture of the FB.3 of 802 NAS (foreground pair), then the FGA.6 of 804 NAS followed by the FGA.6 of 898 NAS.
HMS Ark Royal also carried the FGA.6 of 800 NAS, but I think that deployment predates this photograph by a couple of years. 800 NAS carried a (larger) O on the tail which would have been white on a red background.
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