SUK12888 Accession Number: SUK12888

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Foucarmont, France. C. 1944-09. An Australian Air Force sergeant and a war correspondent find the wings of a robot in one of the bomb craters, which had been covered over with pine trees to camouflage it from the air. This flying bomb site at St. Leger aux Bois near Foucarmont had been attacked by Allied aircraft.

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Accession Number
SUK12888
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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