SUK12651 Accession Number: SUK12651

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France. C. 1944-08. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham KCB DSO MC DFC AFC and Air Vice Marshal H. Broadhurst DSO DFC AFC, with other senior RAF officers watched a demonstration by rocket firing Typhoons in Normandy. The target was a captured German tank (Panzer Mk V) which had been drained of all ammunition, petrol and oil. The demonstration proved the accurate and destructive fire of the Typhoons rockets when directed against armour.

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Accession Number

SUK12651

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Black & white - Print silver gelatin

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

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Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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