File:Improved main runway of RAF Changi after completion in 1946.jpg

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English: Improved main runway of RAF Changi (now Changi Air Base) after completion in 1946.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown authorUnknown author Royal Air Force official photographer.
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English: Improved main runway of RAF Changi (now Changi Air Base) after completion in 1946.
Description
English: View of the main runway at RAF Changi, Singapore, soon after its completion. The runway, constructed from 276,680 pierced steel sheets, was 2,000 yards in length and 50 yards wide and able to take the largest aircraft then in service with the Royal Air Force.
This photograph CF 1158 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-15)
Date April 1946
date QS:P571,+1946-04-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium Monochrome photograph.
institution QS:P195,Q749808
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Collection number: 4700-15 ("The Royal Air Force in the Far East 1945–1946"); image number: CF 1158.
References [1].
Source/Photographer Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia on 6 April 2008 by Dave1185; transferred to the Wikimedia Commons by Keraunoscopia.

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  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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  • 2011-04-23 02:15 Keraunoscopia 350×257× (87953 bytes) Remove watermark (Graphic Lab request)
  • 2008-04-06 08:54 Dave1185 350×257× (35225 bytes)

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current20:21, 7 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 20:21, 7 January 2012800 × 587 (98 KB)Common Good (talk | contribs)higher res
19:02, 23 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 19:02, 23 April 2011350 × 257 (86 KB)OgreBot (talk | contribs)(BOT): Reverting to the most recent version before uploads (originally uploaded on 2011-04-23 02:15 by Keraunoscopia).
19:02, 23 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 19:02, 23 April 2011350 × 257 (34 KB)OgreBot (talk | contribs)(BOT): This is the version originally uploaded on 2008-04-06 08:54 by Dave1185; storing on commons for archival purposes
02:19, 23 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 02:19, 23 April 2011350 × 257 (86 KB)Keraunoscopia (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|Title: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE FAR EAST 1945-1946 Collection No.: 4700-15 Description: View of the main runway at RAF Changi, Singapore, soon after its completion. The runway, constructed from 276,680 pierced steel she

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