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Description IWM caption : "On board HMS RODNEY a group of officers and men standing on a 16 inch turret watching a "Fashion Parade". Aircraft of all types (not in the picture) fly past at a considerable height to give the Navy practice in identifying the machines. Note the 16 inch guns are at maximum elevation."
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This photograph A 1135 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author Coote, R G G (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer
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