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Left to Right: SSgt William Landrum, Princess Elizabeth, King George VI of the United Kingdom, SSgt Watson Vaughn (obscured), Queen Elizabeth, LGen Jimmy Doolittle, and B-17G ‘Rose of York’ at RAF Thurleigh, 6 Jul 1944.

Caption     Left to Right: SSgt William Landrum, Princess Elizabeth, King George VI of the United Kingdom, SSgt Watson Vaughn (obscured), Queen Elizabeth, LGen Jimmy Doolittle, and B-17G ‘Rose of York’ at RAF Thurleigh, 6 Jul 1944. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force
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Photo Size 1,351 x 1,039 pixels
Photos on Same Day 6 Jul 1944
Photos at Same Place Thurleigh, England, United Kingdom
Added By David Stubblebine
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".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
20 Sep 2023 10:32:13 PM

SSgt’s Landrum and Vaughn were members of the Rose of York’s flight crew and the Royal party was there for the airplane’s re-christening with Princess Elizabeth, the Rose of York, as sponsor.
2. Anonymous says:
28 Jun 2024 05:31:15 PM

Was Bill Neddo capt flying a B 17 out of Thurleigh air base
With the 306 bomb group

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Lat/Long 52.2297, -0.4747
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