A 40mm Pom-pom gun on HMS Illustrious.

January 10, 1941: A JU-87 Stuka dive bomber seen flying above the HMS Illustrious during the attack west
of Malta.

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

January 10, 1941: HMS Illustrious under attack by German and Italian aircraft west of Malta.

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

January 10, 1941: HMS Illustrious under attack by German and Italian aircraft west of Malta.

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

January 10, 1941: HMS Illustrious under attack by German and Italian aircraft west of Malta.

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