HMS Illustrious
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January 1941: Damage from a bomb passing through the port side forward flight deck, the bomb exploded in
the water.
(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon, R.N.)
Courtesy of Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M.



Close up of the above photograph.
(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon, R.N.)
Courtesy of Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M.



The remains of a destroyed 40mm Pom-pom mount.
(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon, R.N.)
Courtesy of Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M.



General view of the devastation caused by German bombs inside HMS Illustrious.
(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon, R.N.)
Courtesy of Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M.



General view of the devastation caused by German bombs inside HMS Illustrious.
(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon, R.N.)
Courtesy of Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M.





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