Image:Supermarinespitfire.JPG

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Author unknown, RAF or Supermarine PR photo.

Note: I've confirmed with the UK Ministry of Defence that the original photo was Crown Copyright until that expired after 50 years. The photo is now in the public domain. This is the source of the image http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/gallery/19sqnspit640.jpg
According to M P HOUGHTON, DDef PubRAF Webmaster, Crown Copyright on this image has expired.

Public domain

This work is in the public domain worldwide. This is because either:

  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government more than 50 years ago; or
  2. It is an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published more than 50 years ago; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving which was created by the United Kingdom Government more than 50 years ago.

See Copyright, Crown copyright artistic works and HMSO Email Reply.


Removed from the following pages:

  1. Royal Air Force
  2. Battle of Britain
  3. Day fighter
  4. Supermarine Spitfire variants
  5. Military production during World War II

--OrphanBot 09:49, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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