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| Description | A publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores (today Lajes Air Base), in front of a Boeing Fortress Mark IIA (s/n FL462, "W") of No. 220 Squadron RAF. The "crew" were, in fact, an ad hoc group drawn from No. 206 Squadron RAF, and the "captain" (3rd from right, wearing SD Cap) was Flying Officer L.W. Taylor RAAF, an Air Ministry public relations officer. | |||
| Date | between 1943 and 1944 | |||
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| Author | Royal Air Force official photographer |
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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