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Description: A 1940 photograph of the "Cockatrice", or Commer/Lagonda flamethrower armoured vehicle.

Source: Bovington Tank Museum photo No. 5886/D/4, sourced from a private collection donated by a Reginald Fraser.

Copyright: Not known definitively. The photographer himself is unidentified. If he was a member of the British armed forces, the image is now public domain as a photograph produced by the British government prior to 1957 (see Crown Copyright and {{PD-BritishGov}}. If he was a private citizen, copyright likely remains with the Museum since the donation of the collection. Given wartime recruitment the former is far more likely than the latter, but edging on the side of caution this image will be assumed to be under copyright for the forseeable future.

Permission: None: Use on the English-language Wikipedia is believed to be allowed only by Fair Use guidelines.

[edit] Licensing

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Lagonda flamethrower":

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia ([1]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([2]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed fair use rationale.

[edit] Fair use rationale

It is believed that the use of this image in the article Lagonda flamethrower constitutes Fair Use for the following reasons:

It is likely that the photographer belonged to one of the British Armed Forces, potentially allowing this to be public domain under the rationale listed at {{PD-BritishGov}}
The photograph is of a unique vehicle, long since dismantled. As such it is likely that no free (or perhaps even fair use) alternative image exists.
The photograph is displayed as a reduced web-resolution image, and as such presents limited competition with the original photograph.
The photograph is thoroughly sourced and as much credit is provided as is currently possible.

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(del) (cur) 22:45, 4 October 2006 . . GeeJo (Talk | contribs) . . 296×257 (15,234 bytes) (Description: A 1940 photograph of the "Cockatrice", or Commer/Lagonda flamethrower defence vehicle. Source: Bovington Tank Museum photo No. 5886/D/4, sourced from a private collection donated by a Reginald Fraser. Copyright: Not known definitively. The ph)