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Description The Royal Navy battleship HMS Valiant fires its 38.1 cm guns during exercises as seen from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (87). The planes in the foreground are Fairey Fulmars of B Flight, 806 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, with Grumman Martlets of 881 NAS parked aft.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph A 15152 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Lt. D.C. Oulds, Royal Navy official photographer

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