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English: Improved main runway of RAF Changi (now Changi Air Base) after completion in 1946. (

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Unknown author Royal Air Force official photographer.

Title

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

Medium

Monochrome photograph.

Collection

Imperial War Museum London

	Native name	Imperial War Museum
	Parent institution	Imperial War Museums
	Location	Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 29′ 44.99″ N, 0° 06′ 31.18″ W
	Established	1917
	Website	www.iwm.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q749808 VIAF: 122881932 ISNI: 0000000404263238 ULAN: 500301821 LCCN: n80044915 NLA: 36555711 WorldCat

Current location

London, England, United Kingdom.

Accession number

Collection number: 4700-15 ("The Royal Air Force in the Far East 1945–1946"); image number: CF 1158.

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Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia on 6 April 2008 by Dave1185; transferred to the Wikimedia Commons by Keraunoscopia.

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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1974; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

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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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current	20:21, 7 January 2012	800 × 587 (98 KB)	Common Good (talk \| contribs)	higher res
	19:02, 23 April 2011	350 × 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 2011	350 × 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 2011	350 × 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