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'Terrible' (1730); 'Salamander' (1730). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, modified sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for 'Terrible' (1730) and 'Salamander' (1
16 June 1729
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Saint Albans. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with some decoration detail, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Saint Albans (1737), a 1733 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Signed by Pe
16 November 1734
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Kinsale (1741). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Kinsale (1741), a 1733 Establishment, 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. The annotation relating to the plan being returned and the C
16 July 1740
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Peggy (1749). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with faint pencil outline of the stern board, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for building Peggy (1749), an 8-gun Sloop at Deptford Doc
16 February 1749
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Viper (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth, hold with fore & aft platforms, and fittings for the upper deck for Viper (1756), an early two-masted 10-gun Sloop.
Circa August 1755
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Endeavour (1768), a purchased collier, prior to final fitting as a ship-rigged Bark for exploration.
April 1768
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Ferret (1760). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Ferret (1760), a 14-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the ship as she was surveyed at Woolwich Dockyard in 1768 and with the later alte
16 August 1768
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Formidable (1777). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some decoration detail, and longitudinal half-breadth, proposed (and approved) for 'Formidable' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, to be built at Chatham Dockya
16 September 1768
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Formidable (1777). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Formidable' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, at Chatham Dockyard. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
16 February 1769
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Weazle (1745). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and fore & aft platforms for Weazle (1745), a 16-gun two-masted Ship Sloop. The Weazle had been on a voyage to West Africa in February 1770 and was to be sent again in
16 October 1770
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, upper deck, forecastle, fore & aft falls (a type of platforms), lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Endeavour (1768), after being re-fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed by William G
16 October 1771
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Experiment (1774). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Experiment (1774), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, building at Deptford by Messrs Adams & Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
16 March 1773
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'Stately' (1784); 'Indefatigable' (1784). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Stately' (1784), and in August 1780 for 'Indefatigable' (1784), both 64-gun Third Ra
16 December 1778
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'Goliath' (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Goliath' (1781), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as launched at Deptford Dockyard,
16 November 1781
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44ft Chain boat (1787). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, section, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan for a single-masted forty-four foot chain boat for Deptford Dockyard. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyo
16 May 1787
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Albatross (1795); Dispatch (1795); Kite (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Swallow (1795); Sylph (1795); Pelican (1795).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth
16 March 1795
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Pelican (1795); Kite (1795); Dispatch (1795) [alternative spelling: Despatch]; Albatross (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Sylph (1795); Swallow (1795).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitud
16 March 1795
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75ft Schooner-rigged Gun Vessel (fl. 1795). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, starboard half of the aft platform, plan view of the two sliding keels, and section through the foremost keel of a 75ft Schooner-rigged Gun Vessel (fl. 1795), as
16 September 1795
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'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breath proposed for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Signed
16 February 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore and after platforms for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surve
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of th
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Nav
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Sur
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Nav
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799); Brazen (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle, and later when re-ordered
16 July 1798
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Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship
16 August 1798
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Ethalion (1802). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Ethalion (1802), a 36-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate to be built at Woolwich Dockyard. A copy was sent to Woolwich Dockyard on 8 May 1800.
16 November 1799
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'Haddock' (1805). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the list of scantling with a midship section for 'Haddock' (1805), a four to six gun schooner. Also has a letter attached to the plan dated 27 December 1805 from Portsmouth Dockyard. The l
16 December 1805
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'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the method of fitting the beams to the sides of 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Sighed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
16 June 1808
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Liffey (1813); Forth (1813); Severn (1813); Liverpool (1814); Glasgow (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Liffey (1813), Forth (1813), Severn (1813), Liverpool (1814), and Glasgow (1814), all fir-built 40-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates bu
16 April 1813
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Gun deck (lower deck) scupper for a 74 gun ship. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a part section illustrating the scupper on a gun deck (lower deck) for a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1
16 June 1817
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Proposal for fitting scuppers to Ships of the Line. Scale: 1:8. Plan showing a part section illustrating the fitting of scuppers to the upper deck and lower deck for Ships of the Line, as proposed by Mr. Lang.
16 June 1819
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Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the upper deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, for a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
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Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, as a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
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'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, and the half floor and cross pieces at Section X and Station 26 for 'Rodney' (1833) a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker. Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813
16 December 1826
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Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the outboard profile illustrating the standing rigging for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker. This plan may be a reference copy for Woolwich Dockyard, as Ganges was at Portsmouth during this period.
16 June 1830
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Griffon (1832), Forester (1832), Buzzard (1834), Lynx (1833), and Termagant (1838).. Scale possibly: 1:96. Plan showing the 'hermaphrodite' rig (brigantine), stern board outline, and half deck plan for Griffon (1832) and Forester (1832), as wel
16 August 1832
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'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. An Office Copy plan showing the inboard profile, with alterations, for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwoich Dockyard. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 195, states
16 March 1835
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'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with later alterations, for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwoich Dockyard. Sighned by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1
16 March 1835
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Vestal (1833). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an elevation with description for the fitting of a chane around the rudder of Vestal (1836), a 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigate.
16 January 1836
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Calypso (1845); Coquette (cancelled 1851). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with hold and platforms for Calypso (1845) and Coquette (cancelled 1851), both 18-gun flush-decked Sixth Rate corvettes. The date was altered to 18 June 1842.
16 June 1842
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Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan with Hold details for Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844) and Niobe (1849), all 28-gun Sixth Rate ships. The modifications are dated 1844. This was prior to Niobe (1849)
16th June 1843
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Sarah Sands (1846). scale: 1:64. Plan showing the after body plan, and the sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth from the midships to the stern on the four-masted iron steam ship Sarah Sands (1846). Signed by John Grantham [Consulting Engineer, Live
16 August 1847
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'Warrior' (1860). No scale. A plan showing the arrangement of armour plates on both the port and starboard sides of the armoured 'citadel' for the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plates shaded in grey represent armou
16 March 1861
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96 and 1:48 for the wash stand drawings. A plan showing the upper deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan includes a partial inboard elevation illustrating the arrangement of the portside sai
16 October 1867
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A heavily annotated plan showing the main deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The details shown on the drawing reflect at least three periods of alteration. As originally drafted, the plan s
16 October 1867
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hold of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan includes sections through the fore and aft handing rooms, fore and aft magazines, the shell room, and forward end of the boiler
16 October 1867
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The details shown on the drawing reflect at least three periods of alteration. As originally drafted, the plan shows the shi
16 October 1867
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HMS Coquette (1871). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Ariel class composite gunboat HMS Coquette (1871).
16 April 1872
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HMS Coquette (1871). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck of the Ariel class composite gunboat HMS Coquette (1871).
16 April 1872
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29ft Steam Pinnace No.47 for Britannia (1869). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, for a 29ft Steam Pinnace No.47 for Britannia (1869), a boy's training ship at Da
16 August 1872
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. body
16 Jun 1912
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Queen Elizabeth class battleships. Scale 1:192. A plan showing the profile, decks and sections of the Queen Elizabeth class battleships, illustrating the proposed arrangement of armour protection.
16 July 1912
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. hold
16 Dec 1914
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. Inboard profile plan
16 Jul 1918
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. Aft section plan
16 Feb 1921
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. Inboard profile plan
16 Feb 1921
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. Aft section plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Aft section plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Bridge deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Forecastle deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. hold
16 Oct 1930
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. hold
16 Oct 1930
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. Inboard profile plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Inboard profile plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Lower deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Lower deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Main deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Platform deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Platform deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Upper deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Upper deck plan
16 Oct 1930
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. Upper deck plan
16 Jun 1938
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the forecastle deck of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard. Alter
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hold of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard. Alterations carr
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hull sections at stations 13, 30, 46, 72, 96, 126, 145, 172, 198, 218, 232, 251 and at the aft peak of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard. Alter
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the lower deck of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard. Alteration
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the outboard profile and 'top-down' plan view of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast, illustrating the arrangement of the working and WT [wireless telegraphy] rig.
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the upper bridge, hangar top bridge, after control deck, wheelhouse flat, direction-finding office flat, ready-use magazine roof, aft superstructure deck, pom-pom platform and forward superstructure deck of the E
November 1942
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Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938). The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard. Alteration
November 1942
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. Aft section plan
16 Nov 1944
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. Bridge deck plan
16 Nov 1944
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. Flight deck plan
16 Nov 1944
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. Inboard profile plan
16 Nov 1944
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