HMS Illustrious R-06 Air Department Officers. Vic Warrington is seen 2nd row, 5th from left.

(Photo courtesy of Lt. Vic Warrington, R.N.)

March 12, 1998: An FA-2C Sea Harrier takes off from HMS Illustrious R-06.

HMS Illustrious R-06 seen off Portland in 1988.

March 13, 1998: HMS Illustrious R-06 seen in the Persian Gulf.

March 13, 1998: HMS Illustrious R-06 and a group of British ships in the Persian Gulf.