De vliegdienst van de Karel Doorman

A detour for Dutch Profile? Is it now about the “Fat Boat”? A little yes and a lot no. Nowhere is it carved in stone that Dutch Profiles must exclusively focus on aircraft! When writing about the air service aboard the Karel Doorman, you're naturally also writing a bit about the Royal Netherlands Navy’s second aircraft carrier.
This edition of Dutch Profile is a slice of history about the use of R81, the pennant number of the “Big Ship,” in the Dutch Navy from 1948 to 1968. A brief mention is also made of the first Karel Doorman, the QH1 (ex-HMS Nairana), in service from 1946 to 1948, which carried Fairey Fireflies.