<P> On 4 December 1945 , a Sea Vampire flown by Eric `` Winkle '' Brown made the first ever carrier landing of a purely jet - powered aircraft onto Ocean ( although earlier that year a composite jet and piston engined Ryan FR - 1 Fireball had made a carrier landing under jet power after its radial engine failed . ) The last Fairey Swordfish to make an official flight from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier did so earlier in October 1945 from the deck of Ocean . When British forces withdrew from Palestine in 1948 , Ocean supported the withdrawal . </P>
<P> On 4 December 1945 , a Sea Vampire flown by Eric `` Winkle '' Brown made the first ever carrier landing of a purely jet - powered aircraft onto Ocean ( although earlier that year a composite jet and piston engined Ryan FR - 1 Fireball had made a carrier landing under jet power after its radial engine failed . ) The last Fairey Swordfish to make an official flight from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier did so earlier in October 1945 from the deck of Ocean . When British forces withdrew from Palestine in 1948 , Ocean supported the withdrawal . </P>
first jet to land on an aircraft carrier
first jet to land on an aircraft carrier
a Sea Vampire
a Sea Vampire