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London"><img alt="Royal Air Force Museum London" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Greater London</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">15 November 1972<span class="noprint">; 52 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1972-11-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality">Grahame Park Way, <a href="/wiki/Colindale" title="Colindale">Colindale</a><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/NW_postcode_area" title="NW postcode area">NW9</a> 5LL<br />United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&params=51_35_56_N_0_14_19_W_region:GB_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°35′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°14′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.59889°N 0.23861°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.59889; -0.23861</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aviation_museum" title="Aviation museum">Aviation museum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visitors</th><td class="infobox-data">496,614 (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-ALVA_2019_visitor_numbers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALVA_2019_visitor_numbers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit access</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colindale_tube_station" title="Colindale tube station">Colindale</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk">www<wbr />.rafmuseum<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Royal Air Force Museum London</b> (also commonly known as the <b>RAF Museum</b>) is located on the former <a href="/wiki/Hendon_Aerodrome" title="Hendon Aerodrome">Hendon Aerodrome</a>, in <a href="/wiki/North_London" title="North London">North London's</a> <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barnet" title="London Borough of Barnet">Borough of Barnet</a>. It includes five buildings and hangars showing the history of <a href="/wiki/Aviation" title="Aviation">aviation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Museum" title="Royal Air Force Museum">Royal Air Force Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is another site at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Museum_Cosford" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Air Force Museum Cosford">Royal Air Force Museum Cosford</a> at <a href="/wiki/DCAE_Cosford" class="mw-redirect" title="DCAE Cosford">RAF Cosford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The museum site at Colindale was once part of the RAF Hendon station and prior to that, one of the first civilian airfields, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Claude_Grahame-White" title="Claude Grahame-White">Claude Grahame-White</a> in 1911. </p><p>In 1914, the aerodrome was requisitioned for Home Defence during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hendon_Aerodrome" title="Hendon Aerodrome">Hendon</a> became a Royal Naval Air Station, training new pilots in the flying schools on site. Operations ceased after the end of the Great War. </p><p>From 1927 to 1939 Hendon housed <a href="/wiki/No._601_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 601 Squadron RAF">No. 601 Squadron</a>, nicknamed the 'Millionaires' Squadron' due to the wealth and upper social class of its volunteers. In 1939, the outbreak of war saw Hendon once again become an operational RAF station, home to <a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAF#As_a_VIP_transport_squadron_(1920_-_1968)" title="No. 24 Squadron RAF">No. 24 Transport and Communications Squadron</a>. RAF Hendon also served briefly as a fighter station during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>. </p><p>The last flight to Hendon by a fixed-wing aircraft took place on 19 June 1968, when the last operational <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Beverley" title="Blackburn Beverley">Blackburn Beverley</a> was delivered to the museum prior to its royal opening in 1972. Soon afterwards, the runways were removed to make way for the <a href="/wiki/Grahame_Park" title="Grahame Park">Grahame Park</a> Housing Estate.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official closure of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hendon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hendon">RAF Hendon</a> took place on 1 April 1987. </p><p>The museum was officially opened at the <a href="/wiki/Colindale" title="Colindale">Colindale</a> (then part of <a href="/wiki/Hendon" title="Hendon">Hendon</a>) London site on 15 November 1972 by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. The hangars housed 36 <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a> at opening. Over the years, the collection has increased in size substantially, and aircraft not on display at Hendon were stored or displayed at smaller local RAF station museums. </p><p>The first director of the museum was Dr John Tanner, who retired in 1987. In 1988, Dr <a href="/wiki/Michael_A._Fopp" title="Michael A. Fopp">Michael A. Fopp</a> (who had previously directed the <a href="/wiki/London_Transport_Museum" title="London Transport Museum">London Transport Museum</a>) was appointed director general of all three sites (London, Cosford and Stafford) operated by the museum. Retired Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye replaced Fopp as director general on 9 June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2014, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Appleton" title="Maggie Appleton">Maggie Appleton</a> was to be appointed as CEO of the museum.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Battle of Britain Museum (later Hall) was opened by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother</a> in November 1978. On 3 October 2016 the Battle of Britain Hall was permanently closed and refurbished. </p><p>The London site has been regularly expanded. For example, in recent years landscaping had taking place to illustrate what the former Hendon airfield was like, in what has become a heavily urbanised area.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2012, it had over 100 aircraft, including the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">Avro Lancaster</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_surviving_Avro_Lancasters" title="List of surviving Avro Lancasters">S-Sugar</a>, which flew 137 night sorties.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also includes the only complete <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" title="Hawker Typhoon">Hawker Typhoon</a>. Added in 2018, as part of the RAF Centenary exhibitions, were a <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Westland Sea King</a> helicopter (once flown by <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince William, Duke of Cambridge">Prince William, Duke of Cambridge</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Folland_Gnat" title="Folland Gnat">Gnat</a> jet trainer of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Arrows" title="Red Arrows">Red Arrows</a>, and a full-scale mock-up of the <a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> stealth fighter.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg/400px-2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg/600px-2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg/800px-2014_11_26_09_Grahame_White_Factory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Hangar 2, Grahame-White Factory interior, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_SE.5a" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a">Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a</a> in the foreground, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_F.E.2" title="Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2">FE.2b</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Camel" title="Sopwith Camel">Sopwith Camel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fokker_D.VII" title="Fokker D.VII">Fokker D.VII</a> suspended from the ceiling</figcaption></figure> <p>The Royal Air Force Museum is a National Museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and also is a registered charity. </p><p>The Royal Air Force Museum London is displayed over six hangars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangar_1,_RAF_Stories_and_First_to_the_Future"><span id="Hangar_1.2C_RAF_Stories_and_First_to_the_Future"></span>Hangar 1, RAF Stories and First to the Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hangar 1, RAF Stories and First to the Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two exhibitions, RAF Stories and RAF First to the Future, opened in 2018 to commemorate the RAF centenary: </p><p>RAF Stories, The First 100 years 1918–2018 of the RAF. This exhibition observes the RAF's first 100 years, from its creation in 1918 as the world's first independent air force. It explores the different roles of the people of the RAF, alongside the changes in technology.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hangar 1 forms the main point of entry to the museum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangar_2,_the_Grahame-White_Factory"><span id="Hangar_2.2C_the_Grahame-White_Factory"></span>Hangar 2, the Grahame-White Factory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hangar 2, the Grahame-White Factory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Also known as the <a href="/wiki/Claude_Grahame-White" title="Claude Grahame-White">Grahame-White</a> Factory shows the earliest days of flight on the site of The London Aerodrome, through to the formation of the independent Royal Air Force in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangars_3_and_4,_The_Historic_Hangars"><span id="Hangars_3_and_4.2C_The_Historic_Hangars"></span>Hangars 3 and 4, The Historic Hangars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hangars 3 and 4, The Historic Hangars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MeteorF8.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MeteorF8.JPG/220px-MeteorF8.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MeteorF8.JPG/330px-MeteorF8.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MeteorF8.JPG/440px-MeteorF8.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> on display in the Historic Hangars</figcaption></figure> <p>These hangars focus on the aircraft of the Second World War and the Cold War. It includes original Battle of Britain fighter aircraft: the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">Messerschmitt Bf 109</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helicopters, and some Cold War jet aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangar_5,_the_Bomber_Hall"><span id="Hangar_5.2C_the_Bomber_Hall"></span>Hangar 5, the Bomber Hall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hangar 5, the Bomber Hall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ju87_G2_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ju87_G2_1.jpg/220px-Ju87_G2_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ju87_G2_1.jpg/330px-Ju87_G2_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ju87_G2_1.jpg/440px-Ju87_G2_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87" title="Junkers Ju 87">Junkers Ju 87</a> <i>Stuka</i> on display in the Bomber Hall as part of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> exhibition</figcaption></figure> <p>Battle of Britain: shows the German <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87_Stuka" class="mw-redirect" title="Junkers Ju 87 Stuka">Junkers Ju 87 Stuka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_111" title="Heinkel He 111">Heinkel He 111</a> bombers which were types used during the Battle of Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangar_6,_RAF_in_an_Age_of_Uncertainty"><span id="Hangar_6.2C_RAF_in_an_Age_of_Uncertainty"></span>Hangar 6, RAF in an Age of Uncertainty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hangar 6, RAF in an Age of Uncertainty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RAF from 1980 to the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_facilities">Other facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The museum contains a public restaurant built within a 1930s mess store building.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next to it is a children's play area with mini RAF aircraft, vehicles and buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A volunteer centre has been created within Building 69, originally a parachute packing RAF building.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The museum's archives, containing thousands of paper documents, books and photographs are situated on the top floor of Hangars 3/4/5.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_at_the_Royal_Air_Force_Museum_London" title="List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London">List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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