
A mix of Corsair Mk II's with external fuel tanks and in the background, Fairey Barracudas parked on the deck of HMS Formidable during operations off the Norwegian coast in July 1944. (IWM photograph #A 24787)
Now I wonder if it is at all possible to have that many aircraft together on the flightdeck??Or could the photo have been manipulated to provide misinformation to the enemy?

Crowded carrier deck

Royal Air Force bomber crew, April 22, 1940, return home from an attack on German warships in the Norwegian town Bergen.

RAF bomber crew

Aftermath of the British retreat in Flanders, Belgium. (AP photo).