Nearly 20, 000 other sailors and spectators will float by in the other boats, including a few of the ships that rescued British troops in World War II's Battle of Dunkirk.

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During this period Hendricks Sr. took the African Queen around the world, gracing flotillas that marked the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dunkirk in the English Channel and the Queen Mother's 90th birthday on the River Thames.

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The aircraft, which featured a gun turret, rather than forward-facing armaments, saw action in the the evacuation of Dunkirk and during the Battle of Britain.

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