File:Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CL709.jpg

Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Fighter_Command_CL709.jpg (800 × 543 pixels, file size: 82 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Artist
Goodchild A (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer
Description
English: Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command
Men of an RAF airfield construction wing finish off the 5,000ft runway at Lingevres (B-19), 6 August 1944. Iron stakes are being driven in to secure the metal SMT (square-meshed track) surface, which was stored in rolls and had to be correctly tensioned to prevent it flexing in use. The airstrip took a mere six days to complete, and was the first to be constructed in Normandy by RAF manpower alone.
Date between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//60/media-60785/large.jpg
This photograph CL 709 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Part of
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Subject(s)
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  • Associated places
    Ling�vres, Calvados, France
  • Associated events
    Second World War
  • Associated themes
    Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Fighter Command
  • Associated keywords
    construction
Category
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photographs
Image sorted
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yes

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Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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