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Caption | King George VI inspecting battleship USS Washington at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 7 Jun 1942; note OS2U Kingfisher float plane on catapult ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location | Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 7 Jun 1942 | |||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||||
Photo Size | 740 x 588 pixels |
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