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Title: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE FAR EAST 1945-1946

Collection No.: 4700-15

Description: Japanese prisoners of war laying some of the 11900 rolls of bituminized hessian sheeting that provided a waterproof bedding for the main runway at Changi. The runway, using 276,680 pierced steel sheets on top of the hessian, was 2000 yards in length and 50 yards wide and able to take the largest aircraft then in service with the Royal Air Force.

Date: April 1946

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Image downloaded from Imperial War Museum Collections Search: Catalogue no. CF 1165

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current18:03, 26 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 18:03, 26 August 2013800 × 613 (62 KB)Dave1185 (talk | contribs)Updated image (800 × 613 resolution) downloaded from the collection of IWM.
11:38, 17 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:38, 17 May 2011350 × 240 (26 KB)Jncraton (talk | contribs)Lossless crop to remove watermark
08:45, 6 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 08:45, 6 April 2008350 × 268 (28 KB)Dave1185 (talk | contribs)

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