SUK12916 Accession Number: SUK12916

Description

France. C. 1944-09. The launching ramp at a German flying bomb site on the Abbeville road near Amiens. The ramp was last used on 1944-08-29, demolition being carried out by the Germans the following day before the enemy left on 1944-08-31. French Forces of the Interior said that an average of ten flying bombs a day were launched from this site though half of these fell in France. Many bomb craters were to be seen around the site.

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Accession Number

SUK12916

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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