SUK14161
Photograph SUK14161 Second World War, 1939-1945Hamburg, Germany. 1945-04-09. RAF Film Unit record of an attack by Lancaster aircraft of RAF Bomber Command on the U-boat pens and Oil Refinery at Hamburg with 12,000 and 22,000 pound bombs.
128337 Accession Number: 128337
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KAMEN, GERMANY. 1944-09-11. AN IMPORTANT OIL TARGET IN THE RUHR AREA, UNDER ATTACK BY 116 LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND. ABOUT 600 TONS OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON AND AROUND THE PLANT WHICH REMAINED INACTIVE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
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128337
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Negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Nitrate
Support: Nitrate
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain
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