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

British KIA


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

The Great Panjandrum, were two massive, rocket-propelled, 10 foot wooden wheels, connected by 2 tons of explosives. It was meant to be launched by a landing ship on D-Day, race up the beach and blow a massive hole in the Atlantic Wall.

It was one of a number of highly experimental projects that were developed by the Admiralty’s Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD). The Panjandrum was never used in battle because it proved to be more dangerous to the the ones that launched it than it was to the Germans!
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http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/great-panjandrum-one-of-the-silliest-weapons-of-world-war-ii.html