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Sinking and salvaging of Sunderland B/204 flying boat in Skerjafjordhur, Iceland....
Catalogue reference: CN 5/14
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This record is about the Sinking and salvaging of Sunderland B/204 flying boat in Skerjafjordhur, Iceland.... dating from 1940 in the series Photographs Extracted from AIR series. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 5/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sinking and salvaging of Sunderland B/204 flying boat in Skerjafjordhur, Iceland.
1) Photograph No 2. Aerial view of coast around Pingvellor. 'Pingvellor has 3-mile square area of deep water and good anchorages, about 40 miles from Reykjavik'.
2) Photograph No 5. View of front of Sunderland. 'Shewing seat of fire - Salvaging B/204'.
3) Photograph No 7. 'Sunderland B/204 being salvaged, Skerjefjorden. Iceland'. View shows front end of Sunderland being towed towards end of salvage vessel.
4) Photograph No 8. 'The last of B/204'. View of ship, ablaze, sinking below surface.
5) Photograph No 9. 'Oil burning on the water after B/204 had burnt out and sunk. The fire lasted in all about 7 minutes. Skerjefjorden. Iceland'.
6) Photograph No 10. 'B/204 being salvaged, Skerjefjorden. Iceland'. View shows front of Sunderland being hauled on to end of salvage vessel.
Photographs have been extracted from AIR 27/1211.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- AIR 27/1211
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 photograph(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Photographs may remain in copyright.
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- All 13cm x 13cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360882/
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CN 5
Photographs Extracted from AIR series
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