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| Cruiser Mk IV tanks of British 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in a village in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom, 3 Sep 1940 | Cruiser Mk IV tanks of British 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on exercise in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom, 3 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Cruiser Mk IV tanks of British 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on exercise in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom, 3 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 2 | O'Brien's historical data plaque, photo taken at Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Sep 1940 |
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| TBD-1 Devastator showing damage to fuselage after a landing accident on Yorktown, 3 Sep 1940 | US Navy pilot C.M. O'Brien's TBD-1 Devastator aircraft crashed into Yorktown's starboard catwalk in a landing accident, 3 Sep 1940 |
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| German He 111 bomber in flight northbound over Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom at 1700 hours on 7 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 2 | German He 111 bomber in flight northbound over Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom at 1700 hours on 7 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Installation of the No. 3 turret of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 7 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 2 | Installation of the No. 3 turret of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 7 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 2 |
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| The first aircraft, an N3N-3 Canary, to have landed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 7 Sep 1940 | Two Do 17Z-2 bombers of German wing Kampfgeschwader 3 over Beckton Gas Works, flying southward toward Woolwich Arsenal, London, England, United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1940 |
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| Smoke rising from the Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1940, the morning after the opening night of “The Blitz” bombings as seen from London Bridge. Note Tower Bridge silhouetted against the smoke. | View of the forward gun turret aboard cruiser Nürnberg, 9 Sep 1940 |
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| 76mm anti-aircraft gun aboard ORP Blyskawica, Britain, 13 Sep 1940 | A tugboat guiding Bismarck at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 15 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 7 |
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| A tugboat guiding Bismarck at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 15 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 7 | A tugboat guiding Bismarck at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 15 Sep 1940, photo 3 of 7 |
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| A tugboat guiding Bismarck at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 15 Sep 1940, photo 4 of 7 | A tugboat guiding Bismarck at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 15 Sep 1940, photo 5 of 7 |
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