SUK12592 Accession Number: SUK12592

Description

Germany. 1944-07. Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command attack an enemy convoy of about forty vessels off Heligoland on the evening of 1944-07-21 with torpedoes, rocket projectiles and cannon. Extensive damage was caused to a large number of vessels in the attack in which aircraft of No. 455 Squadron RAAF took part. The vertical lines and the two formations that appear to be explosions on the surface of the sea with columns rising from the sea, are a static electric discharge that has exposed the film in the camera.

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Accession Number
SUK12592
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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