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| TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and D3A1 replica dive bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018 | TBF Avenger torpedo bomber in flight, Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 Jun 2018 |
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| Cutaway of a disarmed Mousetrap rocket and warhead at the National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 24 Nov 2018. Note the museum’s caption in the lower right. | Chronometer from the German U-505 at the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington DC, 20 Dec 2018. |
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| 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun mount, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | 40mm twin Bofors anti-aircraft gun mount, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| A list of action which Blyskawica participated, on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Battle flag of the destroyer ORP Piorun (Thunderer), famous for engaging the battleship Bismarck, on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| Loader for main batteries, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Main electromechanical control station below decks, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| One of the boilers belowdecks, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Original chamber of the main battery, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| Pistolet wz. 35 Vis semi-automatic pistol on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Plaque from the City Council of Cowes, England, United Kingdom, commemorating the defense of the city in 1942, on display aboard ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| Polish sailor aboard ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Ship's bell and name plate of ORP Burza (Storm), on display aboard ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| Side mounted depth charge launcher, ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019; it was refitted during the Soviet era, but the King George VI initials from 1942 remained | Soviet-era torpedo tube on the port side of ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 |
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| Starboard view of ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019 | Stern of ORP Blyskawica, showing main batteries, mines, and depth charge rack, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019, photo 1 of 2 |
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