Merchant seamen receiving instruction in the art of anti-aircraft gunnery through the services of a mobile DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) course

AD13340

Merchant seamen receiving instruction in the art of anti-aircraft gunnery through the services of a mobile DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) course Long Caption: In this image, the seamen are being trained to track and ‘lead’ an approaching enemy aircraft through the gun sight of a close range anti-aircraft weapon. The 'target' is a small model aircraft suspended from the side of the converted double-decker bus. The port in which this scene took place has yet to be identified. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AD13340 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1940-1945 Medium: photograph Size: 60 mm x 100 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.